diff --git a/components/datasets/DownloadDataset.tsx b/components/datasets/DownloadDataset.tsx
index 3155f8b..6d00409 100644
--- a/components/datasets/DownloadDataset.tsx
+++ b/components/datasets/DownloadDataset.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { event } from '../../utils/ga';
 import {
   Dialog,
   DialogContent,
   DialogDescription,
   DialogFooter,
   DialogHeader,
-  DialogTrigger,
   DialogTitle,
+  DialogTrigger,
 } from 'components/_shared/Dialog';
 import { Download } from 'lucide-react';
-import { download_data } from 'utils/download_data';
+import React from 'react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
+import { downloadAsBlob } from 'utils/download_data';
+import { event } from '../../utils/ga';
 
 export const DownloadDataset = ({ filters }: { filters?: string | string[] }) => {
   const [modalIsOpen, setModalIsOpen] = React.useState(false);
@@ -27,21 +27,29 @@ export const DownloadDataset = ({ filters }: { filters?: string | string[] }) =>
         duration: 60000,
       });
 
-      const data = await fetch(`/api/datasets`, {
+      const res = await fetch(`/api/datasets`, {
         method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
         body: JSON.stringify({ filters }),
-      }).then((res) => {
-        return res.json();
       });
+      if (res.ok) {
+        downloadAsBlob(res);
+        toast.dismiss('fetching-data');
+        toast.success('Downloaded started successfully!', {
+          closeButton: true,
+        });
+      } else {
+        console.error('Failed to download file');
 
-      download_data(data.data);
-      toast.dismiss('fetching-data');
-      toast.success('Downloaded started successfully!', {
-        duration: 4000,
-      });
+        toast.dismiss('fetching-data');
+        toast.error('Failed to download file', {
+          closeButton: true,
+        });
+      }
     } else {
       toast.success('Downloaded started successfully!', {
-        duration: 4000,
         closeButton: true,
       });
       window.open(
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4f87a59..e889c31 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@radix-ui/react-dialog": "^1.0.5",
         "@types/react-modal": "^3.13.1",
+        "archiver": "^7.0.1",
         "autoprefixer": "^10.4.16",
         "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
         "clsx": "^2.0.0",
@@ -2946,6 +2947,17 @@
       "deprecated": "Use your platform's native atob() and btoa() methods instead",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/abort-controller": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abort-controller/-/abort-controller-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-h8lQ8tacZYnR3vNQTgibj+tODHI5/+l06Au2Pcriv/Gmet0eaj4TwWH41sO9wnHDiQsEj19q0drzdWdeAHtweg==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "event-target-shim": "^5.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6.5"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/accepts": {
       "version": "1.3.8",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/accepts/-/accepts-1.3.8.tgz",
@@ -3130,6 +3142,193 @@
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       ]
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+    "node_modules/archiver": {
+      "version": "7.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/archiver/-/archiver-7.0.1.tgz",
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+        "async": "^3.2.4",
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+        "readable-stream": "^4.0.0",
+        "readdir-glob": "^1.1.2",
+        "tar-stream": "^3.0.0",
+        "zip-stream": "^6.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/archiver-utils": {
+      "version": "5.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/archiver-utils/-/archiver-utils-5.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wuLJMmIBQYCsGZgYLTy5FIB2pF6Lfb6cXMSF8Qywwk3t20zWnAi7zLcQFdKQmIB8wyZpY5ER38x08GbwtR2cLA==",
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+        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
+        "is-stream": "^2.0.1",
+        "lazystream": "^1.0.0",
+        "lodash": "^4.17.15",
+        "normalize-path": "^3.0.0",
+        "readable-stream": "^4.0.0"
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@@ -3474,6 +3672,11 @@
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@@ -9387,6 +9745,17 @@
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+    "node_modules/lazystream": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lazystream/-/lazystream-1.0.1.tgz",
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+        "readable-stream": "^2.0.5"
+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      }
+    },
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@@ -11630,11 +11999,18 @@
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       }
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+    "node_modules/process": {
+      "version": "0.11.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/process/-/process-0.11.10.tgz",
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+      }
+    },
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     "node_modules/progress": {
       "version": "2.0.3",
@@ -11736,6 +12112,11 @@
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       ]
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+    "node_modules/queue-tick": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/queue-tick/-/queue-tick-1.0.1.tgz",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ramda/-/ramda-0.27.2.tgz",
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-      "dev": true
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-      "dev": true
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+    },
+    "node_modules/readdir-glob": {
+      "version": "1.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readdir-glob/-/readdir-glob-1.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v05I2k7xN8zXvPD9N+z/uhXPaj0sUFCe2rcWZIpBsqxfP7xXFQ0tipAd/wjj1YxWyWtUS5IDJpOG82JKt2EAVA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimatch": "^5.1.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/readdir-glob/node_modules/brace-expansion": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XnAIvQ8eM+kC6aULx6wuQiwVsnzsi9d3WxzV3FpWTGA19F621kwdbsAcFKXgKUHZWsy+mY6iL1sHTxWEFCytDA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "balanced-match": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/readdir-glob/node_modules/minimatch": {
+      "version": "5.1.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-5.1.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lKwV/1brpG6mBUFHtb7NUmtABCb2WZZmm2wNiOA5hAb8VdCS4B3dtMWyvcoViccwAW/COERjXLt0zP1zXUN26g==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "brace-expansion": "^2.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/readdirp": {
       "version": "3.6.0",
@@ -13302,6 +13707,18 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/streamx": {
+      "version": "2.16.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/streamx/-/streamx-2.16.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-m9QYj6WygWyWa3H1YY69amr4nVgy61xfjys7xO7kviL5rfIEc2naf+ewFiOA+aEJD7y0JO3h2GoiUv4TDwEGzQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fast-fifo": "^1.1.0",
+        "queue-tick": "^1.0.1"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "bare-events": "^2.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/string_decoder": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -15034,6 +15451,65 @@
         "node": ">= 4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/zip-stream": {
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zip-stream/-/zip-stream-6.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zK7YHHz4ZXpW89AHXUPbQVGKI7uvkd3hzusTdotCg1UxyaVtg0zFJSTfW/Dq5f7OBBVnq6cZIaC8Ti4hb6dtCA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "archiver-utils": "^5.0.0",
+        "compress-commons": "^6.0.2",
+        "readable-stream": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/zip-stream/node_modules/buffer": {
+      "version": "6.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-6.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FTiCpNxtwiZZHEZbcbTIcZjERVICn9yq/pDFkTl95/AxzD1naBctN7YO68riM/gLSDY7sdrMby8hofADYuuqOA==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "patreon",
+          "url": "https://www.patreon.com/feross"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "consulting",
+          "url": "https://feross.org/support"
+        }
+      ],
+      "dependencies": {
+        "base64-js": "^1.3.1",
+        "ieee754": "^1.2.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/zip-stream/node_modules/readable-stream": {
+      "version": "4.5.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-4.5.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yjavECdqeZ3GLXNgRXgeQEdz9fvDDkNKyHnbHRFtOr7/LcfgBcmct7t/ET+HaCTqfh06OzoAxrkN/IfjJBVe+g==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
+        "buffer": "^6.0.3",
+        "events": "^3.3.0",
+        "process": "^0.11.10",
+        "string_decoder": "^1.3.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.22.0 || ^14.17.0 || >=16.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/zip-stream/node_modules/string_decoder": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hkRX8U1WjJFd8LsDJ2yQ/wWWxaopEsABU1XfkM8A+j0+85JAGppt16cr1Whg6KIbb4okU6Mql6BOj+uup/wKeA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "safe-buffer": "~5.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/zrender": {
       "version": "5.5.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zrender/-/zrender-5.5.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78d8c06..b0200e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@radix-ui/react-dialog": "^1.0.5",
     "@types/react-modal": "^3.13.1",
+    "archiver": "^7.0.1",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.16",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
     "clsx": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/pages/api/datasets.ts b/pages/api/datasets.ts
index 01669f7..bd378b3 100644
--- a/pages/api/datasets.ts
+++ b/pages/api/datasets.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 import { getFilteredData } from 'utils/download_data';
+import archiver from 'archiver';
 
 async function fetchDatasets(filters: string) {
   const res = await fetch(
@@ -10,17 +11,30 @@ async function fetchDatasets(filters: string) {
 }
 
 export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
-  const headers = new Headers();
-  headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
-  headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+  const { filters } = req.body;
+  const archive = archiver('zip', {
+    zlib: { level: 9 },
+  });
 
-  const { filters } = JSON.parse(req.body);
+  archive.on('error', function (err) {
+    res.status(500).send({ error: err.message });
+  });
+
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/zip');
+  res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename=contracts.zip');
 
   try {
     const result: any = await fetchDatasets(filters);
     const filteredData = getFilteredData(result.result.results);
 
-    res.status(200).json({ data: filteredData });
+    // Convert the filtered data to a string
+    const dataString = JSON.stringify(filteredData);
+
+    // Append the data string to the archive as a file
+    archive.append(dataString, { name: 'contracts.json' });
+    archive.pipe(res);
+
+    archive.finalize();
   } catch (err) {
     res.status(500).json({ error: 'failed to download' });
   }
diff --git a/utils/download_data.js b/utils/download_data.js
index 3826b5c..2ce9de5 100644
--- a/utils/download_data.js
+++ b/utils/download_data.js
@@ -33,3 +33,14 @@ export function download_data(data) {
   downloadAnchorNode.click();
   downloadAnchorNode.remove();
 }
+
+export async function downloadAsBlob(res) {
+  const blob = await res.blob();
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+  const link = document.createElement('a');
+  link.href = url;
+  link.download = 'contracts.zip';
+  document.body.appendChild(link);
+  link.click();
+  document.body.removeChild(link);
+}