diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7dc481d5..c4c8b940 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ gem 'dotenv-rails', '~> 2.8'
 # pinned to < 9.3 until https://github.com/ilyakatz/data-migrate/issues/302 resolved
 gem 'data_migrate', '~> 9.2', '< 9.3'
 gem 'rubyzip', '~> 2.3'
+gem 'table_saw'
 gem 'sitemap_generator'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b1aba991..f800a332 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ GEM
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
     stringio (3.1.1)
+    table_saw (3.2.0)
+      activerecord (>= 6.1)
+      pg
+      thor
     thor (1.3.1)
     time (0.3.0)
       date
@@ -327,6 +331,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   spring
   spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.0.0)
   storyblok-richtext-renderer!
+  table_saw
   tzinfo-data
   webrick (~> 1.8)
 
diff --git a/app/workers/export_project_worker.rb b/app/workers/export_project_worker.rb
index a0efdd74..f9d55829 100644
--- a/app/workers/export_project_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/export_project_worker.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 require 'storyblok_richtext/nodes/table_cell'
 require 'storyblok_richtext/nodes/table_header'
 require 'storyblok_richtext/nodes/table_row'
+require 'table_saw'
+require 'table_saw/create_dump_file'
 
 class ViewContext < ActionView::Base
   # required to prevent template cache bug; see
@@ -65,6 +67,15 @@ def export
             errlog_txt.write(@errors.join("\r\n"))
           }
         end
+        # prep sql dump
+        records = self.get_sql_records()
+        sqldump_outfile = Tempfile.new("sql.dump")
+        TableSaw::CreateDumpFile.new(
+          records, output: sqldump_outfile.path, format: { "type" => "copy" }
+        ).call
+        # write sql dump to zip
+        zipfile.add("sql.dump", sqldump_outfile.path)
+        zipfile.commit
       end
       zip_data = File.open(tempfile.path)
       # attach to project (create blob and upload to storage)
@@ -269,4 +280,46 @@ def render_template_to_string(template_path, data)
     renderer = ActionView::Renderer.new(lookup_context)
     renderer.render(context, { inline: File.read(template_path) })
   end
+
+  def get_sql_records
+    manifest = {
+      "variables" => { "project_id" => @project.id },
+      "tables" => [
+        {
+          "table" => "projects",
+          "query" => "select * from projects where id = %{project_id}",
+          "has_many" => ["document_folders", "documents"]
+        },
+        {
+          "table" => "document_folders",
+          "query" => "select * from document_folders where project_id = %{project_id}",
+        },
+        {
+          "table" => "documents",
+          "query" => "select * from documents where project_id = %{project_id}",
+          "has_many" => ["documents_links", "highlights"]
+        },
+        {
+          "table" => "documents_links",
+          "query" => "select * from documents_links where document_id in (select id from documents where project_id = %{project_id})",
+        },
+        {
+          "table" => "highlights",
+          "query" => "select * from highlights where document_id in (select id from documents where project_id = %{project_id})",
+        },
+        {
+          "table" => "links",
+          "query" => "select * from links where id in (select link_id from documents_links where document_id in (select id from documents where project_id = %{project_id}))",
+        },
+      ],
+    }
+    manifest_yml = Tempfile.new("manifest.yml")
+    File.write(manifest_yml.path, manifest.to_yaml)
+    TableSaw.configure({
+      manifest: manifest_yml.path,
+      dbname: Project.connection.current_database,
+    })
+    ::ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(TableSaw.configuration.connection)
+    TableSaw::DependencyGraph::Build.new(TableSaw::Manifest.instance).call
+  end
 end