diff --git a/routes.js b/routes.js
index e0ce46e..33bfe53 100644
--- a/routes.js
+++ b/routes.js
@@ -1640,12 +1640,19 @@ module.exports = (app, redis, fetch, RedditAPI) => {
   app.post('/export_prefs', (req, res, next) => {
     let export_saved = req.body.export_saved
     let export_data = req.cookies
+    let export_to_file = req.body.export_to_file
     
     if(export_saved !== 'on') {
       if(req.cookies.saved)
         delete export_data.saved
     }
     
+    if(export_to_file === 'on') {
+      res.setHeader('Content-disposition', 'attachment; filename=teddit_prefs.json')
+      res.setHeader('Content-type', 'application/json')
+      res.send(req.cookies)
+    }
+    
     let r = `${(Math.random().toString(36)+'00000000000000000').slice(2, 10+2).toUpperCase()}`
     let key = `prefs_key:${r}`
     redis.set(key, JSON.stringify(req.cookies), (error) => {
@@ -1657,6 +1664,29 @@ module.exports = (app, redis, fetch, RedditAPI) => {
       }
     })
   })
+  
+  app.post('/import_prefs', (req, res, next) => {
+    let body = ''
+    req.on('data', chunk => {
+        body += chunk.toString()
+    })
+    req.on('end', () => {
+      body = body.toString()
+      let json = body.split('Content-Type: application/json')[1].trim().split('--')[0]
+      try {
+        let prefs = JSON.parse(json)
+        resetPreferences(res)
+        for(var setting in prefs) {
+          if(prefs.hasOwnProperty(setting)) {
+            res.cookie(setting, prefs[setting], { maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, httpOnly: true })
+          }
+        }
+        return res.redirect('/preferences')
+      } catch(e) {
+        console.error(`Error importing preferences from a JSON file. Please report this error on https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit.`, e)
+      }
+    })
+  })
 
   app.post('/r/:subreddit/comments/:id/:snippet', (req, res, next) => {
     /* morechildren route */
@@ -1736,5 +1766,16 @@ module.exports = (app, redis, fetch, RedditAPI) => {
       })
     }
   })
+  
+  function resetPreferences(res) {
+    res.clearCookie('theme')
+    res.clearCookie('flairs')
+    res.clearCookie('nsfw_enabled')
+    res.clearCookie('highlight_controversial')
+    res.clearCookie('post_media_max_height')
+    res.clearCookie('collapse_child_comments')
+    res.clearCookie('show_upvoted_percentage')
+    res.clearCookie('subbed_subreddits')
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/static/css/styles.css b/static/css/styles.css
index 78b4109..060804c 100644
--- a/static/css/styles.css
+++ b/static/css/styles.css
@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@ form .setting {
   margin: 10px 0;
   width: 100%;
 }
-#export-form {
+.export-import-form {
   margin: 60px 0px 0px 0px;
 }
-#export-form input {
+.export-import-form input {
   margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
 }
+.export-import-form:last-child {
+  margin: 25px 0px 15px 0px;
+}
 .container .content small.notice {
   padding-top: 20px;
   padding-bottom: 5px;
diff --git a/views/preferences.pug b/views/preferences.pug
index b893a0b..1321155 100644
--- a/views/preferences.pug
+++ b/views/preferences.pug
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ html
           small(class="notice") Preferences are stored client-side using cookies without any personal information.
           input(type="submit", value="Save preferences")
           a(href="/resetprefs", class="btn") Reset preferences
-        form(action="/export_prefs", method="POST", id="export-form")
+        form(action="/export_prefs", method="POST", class="export-import-form")
           if preferences_key
             details(open)
               summary
@@ -118,8 +118,23 @@ html
               .setting
                 small By exporting your preferences you can transfer your subscribed subreddits and preferences to another device. Or you could create a bookmark if you tend to delete your cookies frequently.
                 br
+                small If you are exporting to a file, please save your preferences first!
+                br
                 label(for="export_saved") Export saved posts: 
                   input(type="checkbox", name="export_saved", id="export_saved")
                 br
+                label(for="export_to_file") Export preferences to a JSON file: 
+                  input(type="checkbox", name="export_to_file", id="export_to_file")
+                br
                 input(type="submit", value="Export preferences")
+        form(action="/import_prefs", method="POST", class="export-import-form", enctype="multipart/form-data")
+          details
+            summary
+              span Import JSON preferences file
+            .setting
+              small All your current preferences and saved posts will be reseted and the settings from the JSON file will be used instead.
+              br
+              input(type="file", name="file", id="file")
+              br
+              input(type="submit", value="Import preferences")
     include includes/footer.pug