diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportService.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportService.java
index 879d295e0..65513a13d 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportService.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportService.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveEntry;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveInputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.FileNameUtil;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.FileNameUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -215,10 +217,17 @@ public class DossierTemplateImportService {
                             FileAttributesGeneralConfiguration fileAttributesGeneralConfiguration = objectMapper.readValue(bytes, FileAttributesGeneralConfiguration.class);
                             importTemplateResult.setFileAttributesGeneralConfiguration(fileAttributesGeneralConfiguration);
                         } else if (ze.getName().contains(ExportFilename.RULES.getFilename())) {
-                            String rules = objectMapper.readValue(bytes, String.class);
-                            importTemplateResult.setRuleSet(rules);
+                            if(ze.getName().endsWith(".txt")) {
+                                String rules = objectMapper.readValue(new String(bytes), String.class);
+                                importTemplateResult.setRuleSet(rules);
+                            }else if(ze.getName().endsWith(".drl")) {
+                                String rules = new String(bytes);
+                                importTemplateResult.setRuleSet(rules);
+                            } else {
+                                throw new BadRequestException("File is not in TXT or DRL format. "+ FileNameUtils.getExtension(ze.getName()) +" format is not supported.");
+                            }
                         } else if (ze.getName().contains(ExportFilename.COMPONENT_RULES.getFilename())) {
-                            String rules = objectMapper.readValue(bytes, String.class);
+                            String rules = objectMapper.readValue(new String(bytes), String.class);
                             importTemplateResult.setComponentRuleSet(rules);
                         } else if (ze.getName().contains(ExportFilename.DOSSIER_TYPE.getFilename())) {
                             Type type = objectMapper.readValue(bytes, Type.class);
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/export/DossierTemplateExportService.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/export/DossierTemplateExportService.java
index 8d446586e..7e732520e 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/export/DossierTemplateExportService.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/export/DossierTemplateExportService.java
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v1.api.shared.model.dossiertemp
 import com.iqser.red.service.persistence.service.v1.api.shared.model.download.DownloadStatusValue;
 
 import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
+import liquibase.util.StringUtil;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ public class DossierTemplateExportService {
 
     private static final String JSON_EXT = ".json";
     private static final String TXT_EXT = ".txt";
+    private static final String RULE_EXT = ".drl";
     private final DossierTemplatePersistenceService dossierTemplatePersistenceService;
     private final DownloadStatusPersistenceService downloadStatusPersistenceService;
     private final DossierAttributeConfigPersistenceService dossierAttributeConfigPersistenceService;
@@ -173,8 +178,8 @@ public class DossierTemplateExportService {
             // add rule set
             var ruleSet = rulesPersistenceService.getRules(dossierTemplateId, RuleFileType.ENTITY);
             fileSystemBackedArchiver.addEntries(new FileSystemBackedArchiver.ArchiveModel(null,
-                    getFilename(ExportFilename.RULES, TXT_EXT),
-                    objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(ruleSet.getValue())));
+                    getFilename(ExportFilename.RULES, RULE_EXT),
+                    ruleSet.getValue().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 
             // add component rule set
             try {
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportServiceTest.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ae8b6758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-processor-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/persistence/management/v1/processor/service/DossierTemplateImportServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.iqser.red.service.persistence.management.v1.processor.service;
+
+public class DossierTemplateImportServiceTest {
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/integration/tests/DossierTemplateImportTest.java b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/integration/tests/DossierTemplateImportTest.java
index d35a78cff..3bf948eb5 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/integration/tests/DossierTemplateImportTest.java
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/peristence/v1/server/integration/tests/DossierTemplateImportTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class DossierTemplateImportTest extends AbstractPersistenceServerServiceT
     @Disabled
     public void testLocalDossierTemplateImport() {
 
-        var importDir = new File("/Users/timobejan/work/dossier-templates-v2/dev");
+        var importDir = new File("C:\\Users\\YannikHampe\\Downloads\\testing\\");
         assertThat(importDir).isNotNull();
         assertThat(importDir.exists()).isTrue();