diff --git a/app/controllers/Export.controller.js b/app/controllers/Export.controller.js
index a96fb41..28b369e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Export.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/Export.controller.js
@@ -41,7 +41,17 @@ class Export extends Controller {
 
         await fs.mkdir(temp_dir)
         this._markdown_recurse(page0, temp_dir)
-        return res.api({ temp_dir })
+        
+        const exec = require('child_process').exec;
+        exec('zip -r ' + path.resolve(temp_dir, 'archive.zip') + ' ' + path.resolve(temp_dir), (error) => {
+            if (error) {
+                console.error(`exec error: ${error}`);
+                return res.error(500);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            return res.sendFile(`${path.resolve(temp_dir, 'archive.zip')}`)
+        })
     }
 
     async _markdown_recurse(root, temp_dir) { //recursive function for creating directory and generating markdown pages