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 4cfb620f9..861b248ed 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
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ 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;
@@ -217,18 +216,25 @@ public class DossierTemplateImportService {
                             FileAttributesGeneralConfiguration fileAttributesGeneralConfiguration = objectMapper.readValue(bytes, FileAttributesGeneralConfiguration.class);
                             importTemplateResult.setFileAttributesGeneralConfiguration(fileAttributesGeneralConfiguration);
                         } else if (ze.getName().contains(ExportFilename.RULES.getFilename())) {
-                            if(ze.getName().endsWith(".txt")) {
+                            if (ze.getName().endsWith(".txt")) {
                                 String rules = objectMapper.readValue(new String(bytes), String.class);
                                 importTemplateResult.setRuleSet(rules);
-                            }else if(ze.getName().endsWith(".drl")) {
+                            } 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.");
+                                throw new BadRequestException("Rule 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(new String(bytes), String.class);
-                            importTemplateResult.setComponentRuleSet(rules);
+                            if (ze.getName().endsWith(".txt")) {
+                                String rules = objectMapper.readValue(new String(bytes), String.class);
+                                importTemplateResult.setComponentRuleSet(rules);
+                            } else if (ze.getName().endsWith(".drl")) {
+                                String rules = new String(bytes);
+                                importTemplateResult.setComponentRuleSet(rules);
+                            } else {
+                                throw new BadRequestException("Component rule file is not in TXT or DRL format. " + FileNameUtils.getExtension(ze.getName()) + " format is not supported.");
+                            }
                         } else if (ze.getName().contains(ExportFilename.DOSSIER_TYPE.getFilename())) {
                             Type type = objectMapper.readValue(bytes, Type.class);
                             importTemplateResult.getTypes().add(type);
@@ -280,7 +286,7 @@ public class DossierTemplateImportService {
 
                     }
                 }
-                if(importTemplateResult.getDossierTemplate() == null) {
+                if (importTemplateResult.getDossierTemplate() == null) {
                     throw new BadRequestException("Provided archive is faulty");
                 }
                 return importTemplateResult;
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 7e732520e..d397f0145 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
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ 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;
 
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ 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;
@@ -185,8 +182,8 @@ public class DossierTemplateExportService {
             try {
                 var componentRuleSet = rulesPersistenceService.getRules(dossierTemplateId, RuleFileType.COMPONENT);
                 fileSystemBackedArchiver.addEntries(new FileSystemBackedArchiver.ArchiveModel(null,
-                        getFilename(ExportFilename.COMPONENT_RULES, TXT_EXT),
-                        objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(componentRuleSet.getValue())));
+                        getFilename(ExportFilename.COMPONENT_RULES, RULE_EXT),
+                        componentRuleSet.getValue().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
             } catch (NotFoundException e) {
                 log.debug("No component rules present.");
             }