diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.html
index 0f59ab022..a745b3f31 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.html
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.html
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
             <redaction-circle-button
                 (action)="openDeleteDictionaryDialog($event)"
                 *ngIf="permissionsService.isAdmin()"
-                tooltip="dictionary-listing.action.delete"
+                tooltip="dictionary-overview.action.delete"
+                tooltipPosition="below"
                 type="dark-bg"
                 icon="red:trash"
             >
@@ -15,12 +16,30 @@
             <redaction-circle-button
                 (action)="openEditDictionaryDialog($event)"
                 *ngIf="permissionsService.isAdmin()"
-                tooltip="dictionary-listing.action.edit"
+                tooltip="dictionary-overview.action.edit"
+                tooltipPosition="below"
                 type="dark-bg"
                 icon="red:edit"
             >
             </redaction-circle-button>
 
+            <redaction-circle-button
+                (action)="download()"
+                tooltip="dictionary-overview.action.download"
+                tooltipPosition="below"
+                icon="red:download"
+            ></redaction-circle-button>
+
+            <redaction-circle-button
+                *ngIf="permissionsService.isAdmin()"
+                (action)="fileInput.click()"
+                tooltip="dictionary-overview.action.upload"
+                tooltipPosition="below"
+                icon="red:upload"
+            ></redaction-circle-button>
+
+            <input #fileInput (change)="upload($event)" hidden class="file-upload-input" type="file" accept="text/plain" />
+
             <redaction-circle-button
                 class="ml-6"
                 [routerLink]="['/ui/admin/dictionaries/']"
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.ts
index 0ab7998f2..d396d207d 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/dictionary-overview-screen/dictionary-overview-screen.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ElementRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { DictionaryControllerService, TypeValue } from '@redaction/red-ui-http';
 import { DialogService } from '../../../dialogs/dialog.service';
 import { AppStateService } from '../../../state/app-state.service';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { debounce } from '../../../utils/debounce';
 import { NotificationService, NotificationType } from '../../../notification/notification.service';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
 
 declare var ace;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ export class DictionaryOverviewScreenComponent {
 
     processing = true;
 
+    @ViewChild('fileInput')
+    private _fileInput: ElementRef;
+
     constructor(
         public readonly permissionsService: PermissionsService,
         private readonly _notificationService: NotificationService,
@@ -240,4 +244,25 @@ export class DictionaryOverviewScreenComponent {
         this.editorComponent.getEditor().scrollToLine(position.row, true, true, () => {});
         this.editorComponent.getEditor().gotoLine(position.row + 1, position.column, true);
     }
+
+    public download(): void {
+        const content = this.editorComponent.getEditor().getValue();
+        const blob = new Blob([content], {
+            type: 'text/plain;charset=utf-8'
+        });
+        saveAs(blob, `${this.dictionary.label}.txt`);
+    }
+
+    public upload($event): void {
+        const file = $event.target.files[0];
+        const fileReader = new FileReader();
+
+        if (file) {
+            fileReader.onload = () => {
+                this.editorComponent.getEditor().setValue(fileReader.result);
+                this._fileInput.nativeElement.value = null;
+            };
+            fileReader.readAsText(file);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.html b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.html
index c9f25d3b3..b8f9f38a3 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.html
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.html
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
     <div class="page-header">
         <redaction-admin-breadcrumbs></redaction-admin-breadcrumbs>
         <div class="actions">
+            <redaction-circle-button
+                (action)="download()"
+                tooltip="rules-screen.action.download"
+                tooltipPosition="below"
+                icon="red:download"
+            ></redaction-circle-button>
+
+            <redaction-circle-button
+                (action)="fileInput.click()"
+                *ngIf="permissionsService.isAdmin()"
+                tooltip="rules-screen.action.upload"
+                tooltipPosition="below"
+                icon="red:upload"
+            >
+            </redaction-circle-button>
+
+            <input #fileInput (change)="upload($event)" hidden class="file-upload-input" type="file" accept="text/plain" />
+
             <redaction-circle-button
                 class="ml-6"
                 *ngIf="permissionsService.isUser()"
@@ -33,13 +51,13 @@
                 *ngIf="permissionsService.isAdmin()"
                 icon="red:check"
                 (action)="save()"
-                text="dictionary-overview.save-changes"
+                text="rules-screen.save-changes"
                 [primary]="true"
             ></redaction-icon-button>
             <redaction-icon-button
                 *ngIf="permissionsService.isAdmin()"
                 (action)="revert()"
-                text="dictionary-overview.revert-changes"
+                text="rules-screen.revert-changes"
                 [linkButton]="true"
             ></redaction-icon-button>
         </div>
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.ts
index a0070adf5..bb35a74f0 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/screens/admin/rules-screen/rules-screen.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ElementRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { PermissionsService } from '../../../common/service/permissions.service';
 import { AceEditorComponent } from 'ng2-ace-editor';
 import { RulesControllerService } from '@redaction/red-ui-http';
 import { NotificationService, NotificationType } from '../../../notification/notification.service';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
 
 declare var ace;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ export class RulesScreenComponent {
     @ViewChild('editorComponent', { static: true })
     editorComponent: AceEditorComponent;
 
+    @ViewChild('fileInput')
+    private _fileInput: ElementRef;
+
     constructor(
         public readonly permissionsService: PermissionsService,
         private readonly _rulesControllerService: RulesControllerService,
@@ -95,4 +99,25 @@ export class RulesScreenComponent {
         this.editorComponent.getEditor().clearSelection();
         this.processing = false;
     }
+
+    public download(): void {
+        const content = this.editorComponent.getEditor().getValue();
+        const blob = new Blob([content], {
+            type: 'text/plain;charset=utf-8'
+        });
+        saveAs(blob, 'rules.txt');
+    }
+
+    public upload($event): void {
+        const file = $event.target.files[0];
+        const fileReader = new FileReader();
+
+        if (file) {
+            fileReader.onload = () => {
+                this.editorComponent.getEditor().setValue(fileReader.result);
+                this._fileInput.nativeElement.value = null;
+            };
+            fileReader.readAsText(file);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index c6eb0f74f..6ebd3bb9d 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@
         "save": "Save Dictionary"
     },
     "dictionary-overview": {
+        "action": {
+            "delete": "Delete Dictionary",
+            "edit": "Edit Dictionary",
+            "download": "Download Dictionary",
+            "upload": "Upload Dictionary"
+        },
         "error": {
             "entries-too-short": "Some entries of the dictionary are below the minimum length of 2. These are highlighted with red!",
             "generic": "Something went wrong... Dictionary update failed!"
@@ -552,7 +558,13 @@
         },
         "success": {
             "generic": "Rules updated!"
-        }
+        },
+        "action": {
+            "download": "Download Rules",
+            "upload": "Upload Rules"
+        },
+        "save-changes": "Save Changes",
+        "revert-changes": "Revert"
     },
     "dictionaries": "Dictionaries",
     "user-management": "User Management",