diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a620da6..fb6e40b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
                 <button @click="sendChannelTextMessage" class="border border-gray-500 px-2 bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200 rounded">
                     SendChannelTxtMessage
                 </button>
+                <button @click="exportContact(null)" class="border border-gray-500 px-2 bg-gray-100 hover:bg-gray-200 rounded">
+                    ExportContact
+                </button>
             </div>
         </div>
 
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@
                         <div @click="sendMessage(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Message</div>
                         <div @click="setPath(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Set Path</div>
                         <div @click="shareContact(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Share (Zero Hop)</div>
+                        <div @click="exportContact(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Export</div>
                         <div @click="resetPath(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Reset Path</div>
                         <div @click="removeContact(contact)" class="hover:underline cursor-pointer">Forget</div>
                     </div>
@@ -341,6 +345,9 @@
             async shareContact(contact) {
                 await this.connection.sendCommandShareContact(contact.publicKey);
             },
+            async exportContact(contact) {
+                await this.connection.sendCommandExportContact(contact?.publicKey);
+            },
             async setPath(contact) {
 
                 const newOutPath = [
diff --git a/src/connection/connection.js b/src/connection/connection.js
index 27f984b..747504f 100644
--- a/src/connection/connection.js
+++ b/src/connection/connection.js
@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
         await this.sendToRadioFrame(data.toBytes());
     }
 
+    // provide a public key to export that contact
+    // not providing a public key will export local identity as a contact instead
+    async sendCommandExportContact(pubKey = null) {
+        const data = new BufferWriter();
+        data.writeByte(Constants.CommandCodes.ExportContact);
+        if(pubKey){
+            data.writeBytes(pubKey); // 32 bytes
+        }
+        await this.sendToRadioFrame(data.toBytes());
+    }
+
     onFrameReceived(frame) {
 
         // emit received frame
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 28f3b45..482dc0b 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Constants {
         SetAdvertLatLon: 14,
         RemoveContact: 15,
         ShareContact: 16,
+        ExportContact: 17,
     }
 
     static ResponseCodes = {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class Constants {
         ChannelMsgRecv: 8,
         CurrTime: 9,
         NoMoreMessages: 10,
+        ExportContact: 11,
     }
 
     static PushCodes = {