diff --git a/packages/api/src/shell/index.js b/packages/api/src/shell/index.js
index fe9652579..905c3e6ea 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/shell/index.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/shell/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const copyStream = require('./copyStream');
 const fakeObjectReader = require('./fakeObjectReader');
 const consoleObjectWriter = require('./consoleObjectWriter');
 const jsonLinesWriter = require('./jsonLinesWriter');
+const jsonArrayWriter = require('./jsonArrayWriter');
 const jsonLinesReader = require('./jsonLinesReader');
 const jslDataReader = require('./jslDataReader');
 const archiveWriter = require('./archiveWriter');
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const dbgateApi = {
   tableReader,
   copyStream,
   jsonLinesWriter,
+  jsonArrayWriter,
   jsonLinesReader,
   fakeObjectReader,
   consoleObjectWriter,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/shell/jsonArrayWriter.js b/packages/api/src/shell/jsonArrayWriter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db6c5c3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/shell/jsonArrayWriter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const stream = require('stream');
+
+class StringifyStream extends stream.Transform {
+  constructor() {
+    super({ objectMode: true });
+    this.wasHeader = false;
+    this.wasRecord = false;
+  }
+  _transform(chunk, encoding, done) {
+    let skip = false;
+
+    if (!this.wasHeader) {
+      skip =
+        chunk.__isStreamHeader ||
+        // TODO remove isArray test
+        Array.isArray(chunk.columns);
+      this.wasHeader = true;
+    }
+    if (!skip) {
+      if (!this.wasRecord) {
+        this.push('[\n');
+      } else {
+        this.push(',\n');
+      }
+      this.wasRecord = true;
+
+      this.push(JSON.stringify(chunk));
+    }
+    done();
+  }
+
+  _flush() {
+    if (!this.wasRecord) {
+      this.push('[]\n');
+    } else {
+      this.push('\n]\n');
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function jsonArrayWriter({ fileName, encoding = 'utf-8' }) {
+  console.log(`Writing file ${fileName}`);
+  const stringify = new StringifyStream();
+  const fileStream = fs.createWriteStream(fileName, encoding);
+  stringify.pipe(fileStream);
+  stringify['finisher'] = fileStream;
+  return stringify;
+}
+
+module.exports = jsonArrayWriter;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/plugins/PluginsProvider.svelte b/packages/web/src/plugins/PluginsProvider.svelte
index d0d198290..c6d30dd61 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/plugins/PluginsProvider.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/plugins/PluginsProvider.svelte
@@ -45,14 +45,6 @@
     return res;
   }
 
-  function buildQuickExports(plugins) {
-    const res = [];
-    for (const { content } of plugins) {
-      if (content.quickExports) res.push(...content.quickExports);
-    }
-    return res;
-  }
-
   export function buildExtensions(plugins) {
     const extensions = {
       plugins,
@@ -71,7 +63,7 @@
   import { extensions, loadingPluginStore } from '../stores';
   import axiosInstance from '../utility/axiosInstance';
   import { useInstalledPlugins } from '../utility/metadataLoaders';
-  import { buildFileFormats } from './fileformats';
+  import { buildFileFormats, buildQuickExports } from './fileformats';
   import { buildThemes } from './themes';
   import dbgateTools from 'dbgate-tools';
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts b/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts
index 2f8fddf86..6f91fa086 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FileFormatDefinition } from 'dbgate-types';
+import { FileFormatDefinition, QuickExportDefinition } from 'dbgate-types';
 
 const jsonlFormat = {
   storageType: 'jsonl',
@@ -8,8 +8,37 @@ const jsonlFormat = {
   writerFunc: 'jsonLinesWriter',
 };
 
+const jsonFormat = {
+  storageType: 'json',
+  extension: 'json',
+  name: 'JSON',
+  writerFunc: 'jsonArrayWriter',
+};
+
+const jsonlQuickExport = {
+  label: 'JSON lines',
+  extension: 'jsonl',
+  createWriter: fileName => ({
+    functionName: 'jsonLinesWriter',
+    props: {
+      fileName,
+    },
+  }),
+};
+
+const jsonQuickExport = {
+  label: 'JSON',
+  extension: 'json',
+  createWriter: fileName => ({
+    functionName: 'jsonArrayWriter',
+    props: {
+      fileName,
+    },
+  }),
+};
+
 export function buildFileFormats(plugins): FileFormatDefinition[] {
-  const res = [jsonlFormat];
+  const res = [jsonlFormat, jsonFormat];
   for (const { content } of plugins) {
     const { fileFormats } = content;
     if (fileFormats) res.push(...fileFormats);
@@ -17,6 +46,14 @@ export function buildFileFormats(plugins): FileFormatDefinition[] {
   return res;
 }
 
+export function buildQuickExports(plugins): QuickExportDefinition[] {
+  const res = [jsonQuickExport, jsonlQuickExport];
+  for (const { content } of plugins) {
+    if (content.quickExports) res.push(...content.quickExports);
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
 export function findFileFormat(extensions, storageType) {
   return extensions.fileFormats.find(x => x.storageType == storageType);
 }