diff --git a/css/main.css b/css/main.css
index da932355c..1c84c4de6 100644
--- a/css/main.css
+++ b/css/main.css
@@ -55,7 +55,14 @@ div#header {
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
-.deleteSave:hover, .share:hover {
+.manualSave {
+	position: absolute;
+	right: 120px;
+	bottom: 10px;
+	cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.deleteSave:hover, .share:hover, .manualSave:hover {
 	text-decoration: underline;	
 }
 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6b254561f..68c46fe68 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	<script src="lib/jquery.color-2.1.2.min.js"></script>
 	<script src="lib/jquery.event.move.js"></script>
 	<script src="lib/jquery.event.swipe.js"></script>
+  <script src="lib/base64.js"></script>
 	<script src="script/Button.js"></script>
 	<script src="script/engine.js"></script>
 	<script src="script/state_manager.js"></script>
diff --git a/lib/base64.js b/lib/base64.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0790dd789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base64.js
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/**
+*
+*  Base64 encode / decode
+*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
+*
+**/
+var Base64 = {
+
+// private property
+_keyStr : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=",
+
+// public method for encoding
+encode : function (input) {
+    var output = "";
+    var chr1, chr2, chr3, enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
+    var i = 0;
+
+    input = Base64._utf8_encode(input);
+
+    while (i < input.length) {
+
+        chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+        chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+        chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+
+        enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
+        enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
+        enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
+        enc4 = chr3 & 63;
+
+        if (isNaN(chr2)) {
+            enc3 = enc4 = 64;
+        } else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
+            enc4 = 64;
+        }
+
+        output = output +
+        this._keyStr.charAt(enc1) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
+        this._keyStr.charAt(enc3) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc4);
+
+    }
+
+    return output;
+},
+
+// public method for decoding
+decode : function (input) {
+    var output = "";
+    var chr1, chr2, chr3;
+    var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
+    var i = 0;
+
+    input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
+
+    while (i < input.length) {
+
+        enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc3 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc4 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+
+        chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
+        chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
+        chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
+
+        output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
+
+        if (enc3 != 64) {
+            output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
+        }
+        if (enc4 != 64) {
+            output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    output = Base64._utf8_decode(output);
+
+    return output;
+
+},
+
+// private method for UTF-8 encoding
+_utf8_encode : function (string) {
+    string = string.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");
+    var utftext = "";
+
+    for (var n = 0; n < string.length; n++) {
+
+        var c = string.charCodeAt(n);
+
+        if (c < 128) {
+            utftext += String.fromCharCode(c);
+        }
+        else if((c > 127) && (c < 2048)) {
+            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 6) | 192);
+            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
+        }
+        else {
+            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 12) | 224);
+            utftext += String.fromCharCode(((c >> 6) & 63) | 128);
+            utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    return utftext;
+},
+
+// private method for UTF-8 decoding
+_utf8_decode : function (utftext) {
+    var string = "";
+    var i = 0;
+    var c = c1 = c2 = 0;
+
+    while ( i < utftext.length ) {
+
+        c = utftext.charCodeAt(i);
+
+        if (c < 128) {
+            string += String.fromCharCode(c);
+            i++;
+        }
+        else if((c > 191) && (c < 224)) {
+            c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
+            string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
+            i += 2;
+        }
+        else {
+            c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
+            c3 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+2);
+            string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
+            i += 3;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    return string;
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/engine.js b/script/engine.js
index 2dd82ef9c..21c43c06e 100644
--- a/script/engine.js
+++ b/script/engine.js
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ var Engine = {
 			.text('share.')
 			.click(Engine.share)
 			.appendTo('body');
+      
+      $('<span>')
+			.addClass('manualSave')
+			.text('save.')
+			.click(Engine.exportImport)
+			.appendTo('body');
 		
 		// Register keypress handlers
 		$('body').off('keydown').keydown(Engine.keyDown);
@@ -178,6 +184,58 @@ var Engine = {
 		}
 	},
 	
+  exportImport: function() {
+    Events.startEvent({
+			title: 'Export / Import',
+			scenes: {
+				start: {
+					text: ['export or import save data, for backing up',
+                 'or migrating computers'],
+					buttons: {
+						'export': {
+							text: 'export',
+							nextScene: 'end',
+							onChoose: Engine.export64
+						},
+						'import': {
+							text: 'import',
+							nextScene: {1: 'confirm'},
+						}
+					}
+				},
+        'confirm': {
+          text: ['are you sure?',
+                 'if the code is invalid, all data will be lost.',
+                 'this is irreversible.'],
+          buttons: {
+            'yes': {
+              text: 'yes',
+              nextScene: 'end',
+              onChoose: Engine.import64
+            },
+            'no': {
+              text: 'no',
+              nextScene: 'end'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+			}
+		});
+  },
+  
+  export64: function() {
+    Engine.saveGame();
+    var string64 = Base64.encode(localStorage.gameState);
+    prompt("save this.",string64);
+  },
+  
+  import64: function() {
+    var string64 = prompt("put the save code here.","");
+    var decodedSave = Base64.decode(string64);
+    localStorage.gameState = decodedSave;
+    location.reload();
+  },
+  
 	event: function(cat, act) {
 		if(typeof ga === 'function') {
 			ga('send', 'event', cat, act);