diff --git a/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm b/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
index d633e142fbd..8421dbf7120 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(view_runtimes_verbs, list(
 			spawn(1) // This setting exposes the profiler for people with R_VIEWRUNTIMES. They must still have it set in cfg/admin.txt
 				control_freak = 0
 
+		if(is_connecting_from_localhost())
+			verbs += /client/proc/export_current_character
+
 
 /client/proc/remove_admin_verbs()
 	verbs.Remove(
@@ -1055,3 +1058,12 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(view_runtimes_verbs, list(
 			show_blurb(about_to_be_banned, 15, message, null, "center", "center", message_color, null, null, 1)
 			log_admin("[key_name(src)] sent an admin alert to [key_name(about_to_be_banned)] with custom message [message].")
 			message_admins("[key_name(src)] sent an admin alert to [key_name(about_to_be_banned)] with custom message [message].")
+
+
+/client/proc/export_current_character()
+	set name = "Export Character DMI/JSON"
+	set category = "Admin"
+
+	if(ishuman(mob))
+		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = mob
+		H.export_dmi_json()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_mob.dm
index eb8b65a9163..fb41d6e1bf9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_mob.dm
@@ -1254,6 +1254,46 @@
 	sec_hud_set_ID()
 
 
+
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/export_dmi_json()
+	var/filename = clean_input("filename", "filename", "my_character")
+
+	if(filename == "")
+		return
+
+	var/maxCount = 10
+	var/curCount = 0
+	var/dmipath = "data/exports/characters/[filename].dmi"
+	log_world("saving icon to [filename]")
+	var/icon/allDirs = null
+
+	var/list/directions = list(SOUTH, NORTH, EAST, WEST)
+	for(var/d in directions)
+		var/icon/new_icon
+		for(var/i = 0; i < maxCount; i++)
+			sleep(5)
+			curCount = i
+			new_icon = getFlatIcon(src, defdir=d)
+			if(new_icon != null)
+				break
+
+		if(new_icon == null)
+			log_world("ran [curCount] times and could not find icon")
+		else
+			log_world("ran [curCount] times and found icon")
+			if(allDirs == null)
+				allDirs = icon(new_icon, "", d)
+			else
+				allDirs.Insert(new_icon, "", d)
+
+	fcopy(allDirs, dmipath)
+	log_world("saved icon to [dmipath]")
+
+	var/jsonpath = "data/exports/characters/[filename].json"
+	var/json = json_encode(serialize())
+	text2file(json, jsonpath)
+	log_world("saved json to [jsonpath]")
+
 /**
  * Change a mob's species.
  *