diff --git a/core/views/logbooks.py b/core/views/logbooks.py
index d7d6b87..c042d6a 100644
--- a/core/views/logbooks.py
+++ b/core/views/logbooks.py
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
+import json
 import re
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.core.serializers import serialize
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.views.generic.list import ListView
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
+
 import troggle.settings as settings
 from troggle.core.models.logbooks import QM, LogbookEntry, PersonLogEntry, writelogbook
 from troggle.core.models.survex import SurvexBlock, SurvexFile
 from troggle.core.models.troggle import Expedition, Person
 from troggle.core.models.wallets import Wallet
-from troggle.core.utils import TROG, current_expo
+from troggle.core.utils import TROG, current_expo, add_commit, git_commit
 from troggle.parsers.imports import import_logbook
-from troggle.parsers.people import ensure_users_are_persons
+
 """These views are for logbook items when they appear in an 'expedition' page
 and for persons: their individual pages and their perseonexpedition pages.
 
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ def logreport(request, year=1999):
         msg = f' Logbook report for  year:"{year}" not implemented yet\n{e}\n {context}'
         print(msg)
         return render(request, "errors/generic.html", {"message": msg})
-
+    
 def logbookentry(request, date, slug):
     """Displays a single logbook entry
     however, if an author has not used the correct URL in an image or a reference, then a link from
@@ -375,3 +378,44 @@ def get_logbook_entries(request, expeditionslug):
     return render(
         request, "options.html", {"items": [(le.slug, f"{le.date} - {le.title}") for le in exp.logbookentry_set.all()]}
     )
+    
+def logbook_entries_export(request, year):
+    exp = Expedition.objects.get(year=year)
+    
+    entries = exp.logbookentry_set.all()
+    for e in entries[:3]:
+        print(f"{e}")
+
+    write_entries(entries[:3], year)
+    return redirect(f"/logreport/{year}")
+
+
+def write_entries(entries, year, git_string=None):   
+    if not git_string:
+        git_string = f"troggle <troggle@exposerver.expo>"    
+        
+    dirpath = settings.EXPOWEB / "years" / year 
+    
+    for le in entries[:4]:
+        jsondict = { "logbook_entry": le }
+        #print(jsondict)
+
+        jsondict = serialize("json", [le], fields=('date', 'expedition', 'title', 'cave', 'place', 'other_people', 'date_field', 'text', 'slug', 'time_underground'))
+        print(jsondict)
+        filepath = dirpath / le.slug
+        description =  f" {le.slug} :: {le.date} - {le.title}"
+        print(filepath, description)
+        try:
+            with open(filepath, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as json_f:
+                json.dump(jsondict, json_f, indent=1)
+        except PermissionError as e:
+            raise PermissionError(
+                f"CANNOT  save this file.\nPERMISSIONS incorrectly set on server for this file {filepath}. Ask a nerd to fix this: {e}"
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"CANNOT  write this file {filepath}. Exception dumping json. Ask a nerd to fix this: {e}")
+            raise e   
+       
+    commit_msg = f"Exporting logbook entries as individual files"
+    git_commit(dirpath, commit_msg, git_string, commands=[])
+    return True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/logreport.html b/templates/logreport.html
index 44a0333..c13d941 100644
--- a/templates/logreport.html
+++ b/templates/logreport.html
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>(Hover mouse over the date to see the slug for the entry.)
-{% if logged_in %}<font color="red">Logged in as expoadmin</font>{% endif %}
+{% if logged_in %}<font color="red">Logged in as expoadmin<br />
+<a href="/logbook_entries/{{expedition.year}}">Export logbook entries as individual files</a>
+</font>
+{% endif %}
 
 
 <table class="expeditionlogbooks">
@@ -82,6 +85,8 @@
 <li> <a href="/aliases/{{expedition.year}}">alias names</a> for this Expo
 <li> <a href="/years/{{expedition.year}}/{{expedition.logbookfile}}">full logbook</a> for this Expo
 <li> <a href="/logbookedit/">new logbook entry</a> for this Expo
+{% if logged_in %}<li><font color="red"><a href="/logbook_entries/{{expedition.year}}">export logbook entries</a>  as individual files in /years/{{expedition.year}}/entries/</font>
+{% endif %}
 </ul>
 
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index b36de61..d5c2873 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ from troggle.core.views.logbooks import (
     expedition,
     get_logbook_entries,
     get_people,
+    logbook_entries_export,
     logbookentry,
     logentrydelete,
     logreport,
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ trogglepatterns = [
 #   Logbook entries
     re_path(r'^logbookentry/(?P<date>.*)/(?P<slug>.*)/?$', logbookentry,name="logbookentry"),   
     re_path(r'^logbook$', exportlogbook, name='exportlogbook'), 
+    path('logbook_entries/<slug:year>', logbook_entries_export, name='logbook_entries_export'), 
     path('logreport/<slug:year>', logreport, name='logreport'), 
     path('logentrydelete/<slug:year>', logentrydelete, name='logentrydelete'),