diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExportController.php
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+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExportController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * ExportController.php
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Sander Dorigo
+ *
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+ * of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Config;
+use FireflyIII\Export\Processor;
+use FireflyIII\Http\Requests;
+use FireflyIII\Http\Requests\ExportFormRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\ExportJob;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface as ARI;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\ExportJob\ExportJobRepositoryInterface as EJRI;
+use Preferences;
+use Response;
+use View;
+
+/**
+ * Class ExportController
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Http\Controllers
+ */
+class ExportController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        View::share('mainTitleIcon', 'fa-file-archive-o');
+        View::share('title', trans('firefly.export_data'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ExportJob $job
+     */
+    public function download(ExportJob $job)
+    {
+        $file   = storage_path('export') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $job->key . '.zip';
+        $date   = date('Y-m-d \a\t H-i-s');
+        $name   = 'Export job on ' . $date . '.zip';
+        $quoted = sprintf('"%s"', addcslashes($name, '"\\'));
+
+
+        return response(file_get_contents($file), 200)
+            ->header('Content-Description', 'File Transfer')
+            ->header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')
+            ->header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=' . $quoted)
+            ->header('Content-Transfer-Encoding', 'binary')
+            ->header('Connection', 'Keep-Alive')
+            ->header('Expires', '0')
+            ->header('Cache-Control', 'must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0')
+            ->header('Pragma', 'public')
+            ->header('Content-Length', filesize($file));
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function getStatus(ExportJob $job)
+    {
+        return Response::json(['status' => trans('firefly.' . $job->status)]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ARI $repository
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\View\View
+     */
+    public function index(ARI $repository, EJRI $jobs)
+    {
+        // create new export job.
+        $job = $jobs->create();
+        // delete old ones.
+        $jobs->cleanup();
+
+        // does the user have shared accounts?
+        $accounts      = $repository->getAccounts(['Default account', 'Asset account']);
+        $formats       = array_keys(Config::get('firefly.export_formats'));
+        $defaultFormat = Preferences::get('export_format', Config::get('firefly.default_export_format'))->data;
+        //$first         = session('first')->format('Y-m-d');
+        $first = Carbon::create()->startOfYear()->format('Y-m-d');
+        $today = Carbon::create()->format('Y-m-d');
+
+        return view('export.index', compact('accounts', 'job', 'formats', 'defaultFormat', 'first', 'today'));
+
+        // select date range
+        // format
+        // select accounts
+        // include attachments
+        // include uploaded CSV files (if any)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ExportFormRequest $request
+     * @param ARI               $repository
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function postIndex(ExportFormRequest $request, ARI $repository, EJRI $jobs)
+    {
+        set_time_limit(0);
+        $job      = $jobs->findByKey($request->get('job'));
+        $settings = [
+            'accounts'           => $repository->get($request->get('accounts')),
+            'startDate'          => new Carbon($request->get('start_date')),
+            'endDate'            => new Carbon($request->get('end_date')),
+            'exportFormat'       => $request->get('exportFormat'),
+            'includeAttachments' => intval($request->get('include_attachments')) === 1,
+            'includeConfig'      => intval($request->get('include_config')) === 1,
+            'includeOldUploads'  => intval($request->get('include_old_uploads')) === 1,
+            'job'                => $job,
+        ];
+
+        $job->change('export_status_make_exporter');
+        $processor = new Processor($settings);
+
+        /*
+         * Collect journals:
+         */
+        $job->change('export_status_collecting_journals');
+        $processor->collectJournals();
+        $job->change('export_status_collected_journals');
+        /*
+         * Transform to exportable entries:
+         */
+        $job->change('export_status_converting_to_export_format');
+        $processor->convertJournals();
+        $job->change('export_status_converted_to_export_format');
+        /*
+         * Transform to (temporary) file:
+         */
+        $job->change('export_status_creating_journal_file');
+        $processor->exportJournals();
+        $job->change('export_status_created_journal_file');
+        /*
+         *  Collect attachments, if applicable.
+         */
+        if ($settings['includeAttachments']) {
+            $job->change('export_status_collecting_attachments');
+            $processor->collectAttachments();
+            $job->change('export_status_collected_attachments');
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Collect old uploads
+         */
+        if ($settings['includeOldUploads']) {
+            $job->change('export_status_collecting_old_uploads');
+            $processor->collectOldUploads();
+            $job->change('export_status_collected_old_uploads');
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Generate / collect config file.
+         */
+        if ($settings['includeConfig']) {
+            $job->change('export_status_creating_config_file');
+            $processor->createConfigFile();
+            $job->change('export_status_created_config_file');
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * Create ZIP file:
+         */
+        $job->change('export_status_creating_zip_file');
+        $processor->createZipFile();
+        $job->change('export_status_created_zip_file');
+
+        $job->change('export_status_finished');
+
+        return Response::json('ok');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index d0554de944..a77e391264 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ Route::group(
     Route::post('/currency/update/{currency}', ['uses' => 'CurrencyController@update', 'as' => 'currency.update']);
     Route::post('/currency/destroy/{currency}', ['uses' => 'CurrencyController@destroy', 'as' => 'currency.destroy']);
 
+    /**
+     * Export Controller
+     */
+    Route::get('/export', ['uses' => 'ExportController@index', 'as' => 'export.index']);
+    Route::post('/export/submit', ['uses' => 'ExportController@postIndex', 'as' => 'export.export']);
+    Route::get('/export/status/{jobKey}', ['uses' => 'ExportController@getStatus', 'as' => 'export.status']);
+    Route::get('/export/download/{jobKey}', ['uses' => 'ExportController@download', 'as' => 'export.download']);
+
 
     /**
      * ALL CHART Controllers