diff --git a/elia_chat/__main__.py b/elia_chat/__main__.py
index 87227fb..d8e4972 100644
--- a/elia_chat/__main__.py
+++ b/elia_chat/__main__.py
@@ -4,19 +4,20 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import pathlib
-from textwrap import dedent
 import tomllib
+from pathlib import Path
+from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import Any
 
 import click
 from click_default_group import DefaultGroup
-
 from rich.console import Console
 
 from elia_chat.app import Elia
 from elia_chat.config import LaunchConfig
-from elia_chat.database.import_chatgpt import import_chatgpt_data
 from elia_chat.database.database import create_database, sqlite_file_name
+from elia_chat.database.export_chatgpt import export_chatgpt_data
+from elia_chat.database.import_chatgpt import import_chatgpt_data
 from elia_chat.locations import config_file
 
 console = Console()
@@ -92,14 +93,16 @@ def reset() -> None:
     console.print(
         Padding(
             Text.from_markup(
-                dedent(f"""\
+                dedent(
+                    f"""\
 [u b red]Warning![/]
 
 [b red]This will delete all messages and chats.[/]
 
 You may wish to create a backup of \
 "[bold blue u]{str(sqlite_file_name.resolve().absolute())}[/]" before continuing.
-            """)
+            """
+                )
             ),
             pad=(1, 2),
         )
@@ -110,6 +113,29 @@ def reset() -> None:
         console.print(f"♻️  Database reset @ {sqlite_file_name}")
 
 
+@cli.command("export")
+@click.option(
+    "-c",
+    "--chat",
+    type=str,
+    default="",
+    help="Chat identifier, either id or name",
+)
+@click.argument(
+    "file",
+    type=click.Path(dir_okay=False, path_type=pathlib.Path, resolve_path=True),
+    required=False,
+)
+def export_db_to_file(chat: str, file: pathlib.Path) -> None:
+    """
+    Export ChatGPT Conversations
+
+    This command will export a chat with all messages into a json file.
+    """
+    exported_file = asyncio.run(export_chatgpt_data(chat=chat, file=file))
+    console.print(f"[green]Chat exported as json to {str(exported_file)!r}")
+
+
 @cli.command("import")
 @click.argument(
     "file",
diff --git a/elia_chat/database/export_chatgpt.py b/elia_chat/database/export_chatgpt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94423f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elia_chat/database/export_chatgpt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.live import Live
+from rich.text import Text
+
+from elia_chat.database.models import ChatDao
+
+
+async def export_chatgpt_data(chat: str, file: Optional[Path]) -> Path:
+    console = Console()
+
+    def output_progress(exported_count: int, message_count: int) -> Text:
+        style = "green" if exported_count == message_count else "yellow"
+        return Text.from_markup(
+            f"Exported [b]{exported_count}[/] of [b]{message_count}[/] messages.",
+            style=style,
+        )
+
+    chat_id: int = 0
+    try:
+        chat_id = int(chat)
+    except ValueError:
+        all_chats = await ChatDao.all()
+        chat_by_name = list(filter(lambda c: c.title == chat, all_chats))[0]
+        chat_id = chat_by_name.id
+    chat_dao = await ChatDao.from_id(chat_id)
+    messages = chat_dao.messages
+    message_count = 0
+    export = {"title": chat_dao.title, "id": chat_dao.id, "messages": []}
+    with Live(output_progress(0, len(messages))) as live:
+        for message in messages:
+            export["messages"].append(message.as_dict())
+            message_count = message_count + 1
+            live.update(output_progress(message_count, len(messages)))
+
+    console.print(json.dumps(export, indent=2))
+    if file is None:
+        file = Path(f"{chat_dao.title}_export.json")
+    with open(file, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        json.dump(export, f, indent=2)
+    console.print("[green]Exported chat to json.")
+
+    return file
diff --git a/elia_chat/database/models.py b/elia_chat/database/models.py
index a260ba4..ac31789 100644
--- a/elia_chat/database/models.py
+++ b/elia_chat/database/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, func, JSON, desc
+from sqlalchemy import JSON, Column, DateTime, desc, func
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncAttrs
 from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 from sqlmodel import Field, Relationship, SQLModel, select
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ class MessageDao(AsyncAttrs, SQLModel, table=True):
     model: str | None
     """The model that wrote this response. (Could switch models mid-chat, possibly)"""
 
+    def as_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return {
+            "id": self.id,
+            "timestamp": self.timestamp.isoformat(),
+            "chat_id": self.chat_id,
+            "role": self.role,
+            "content": self.content,
+            "meta": self.meta,
+            "model": self.model,
+        }
+
 
 class ChatDao(AsyncAttrs, SQLModel, table=True):
     __tablename__ = "chat"