diff --git a/lib/Simba/CA.pm b/lib/Simba/CA.pm
index 55413a9..f5f7702 100644
--- a/lib/Simba/CA.pm
+++ b/lib/Simba/CA.pm
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ sub run {
     for (sort keys %{ $self->{times} }) {
         $self->log(3, "  $_: $self->{times}{$_} s");
     }
+    $self->export();
 }
 
 sub backup2disk {
@@ -822,6 +823,44 @@ sub adjust_partitions {
     }
 }
 
+sub export {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+    my $dbh = $self->{dbh};
+    my $exportdir = $self->basedir . "/export";
+
+    my $sessions = $dbh->selectcol_arrayref("select id from sessions order by id");
+    for my $session_id (@$sessions) {
+        next if (-f "$exportdir/$session_id.tsv"
+              || -f "$exportdir/$session_id.tsv.gz");
+        $self->log(3, "exporting session $session_id");
+        my $sth
+            = $dbh->prepare(
+                qq{select sessions.id as "sessions.id", start_date, end_date, prefix,
+                          instances.id as "instances.id", file_id, date, online,
+                          versions2.id as "versions2.id", file_type, file_size, file_mtime, file_owner, file_group, file_acl, file_unix_bits, file_rdev, checksum, file_linktarget, 
+                          files.id as "files.id", path,
+                          filesets.id as "filesets.id", host, dir, options, pid
+                   from sessions, instances, versions2, files, filesets
+                   where sessions.id=$session_id
+                     and sessions.id=instances.session
+                     and instances.version=versions2.id
+                     and instances.file=files.id
+                     and files.fileset=filesets.id
+                });
+        $sth->execute;
+        open my $fh, '>', "$exportdir/$session_id.tsv.$$";
+        print $fh join("\t", @{$sth->{NAME}}), "\n";
+        while (my $r = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref) {
+            no warnings 'uninitialized';
+            print $fh join("\t", @$r), "\n";
+        }
+        close($fh);
+        rename "$exportdir/$session_id.tsv.$$", "$exportdir/$session_id.tsv";
+        system "gzip", "$exportdir/$session_id.tsv";
+    }
+
+}
+
 sub DESTROY {
     my ($self) = @_;
     $self->{dbh}->disconnect();