diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp
index 7707983de..438509bc8 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "rss_autodownloader.h"
 
+#include <QDataStream>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QJsonArray>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QVariant>
+#include <QVector>
 
 #include "../bittorrent/magneturi.h"
 #include "../bittorrent/session.h"
@@ -63,6 +65,32 @@ const QString RulesFileName(QStringLiteral("download_rules.json"));
 
 const QString SettingsKey_ProcessingEnabled(QStringLiteral("RSS/AutoDownloader/EnableProcessing"));
 
+namespace
+{
+    QVector<RSS::AutoDownloadRule> rulesFromJSON(const QByteArray &jsonData)
+    {
+        QJsonParseError jsonError;
+        QJsonDocument jsonDoc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(jsonData, &jsonError);
+        if (jsonError.error != QJsonParseError::NoError)
+            throw RSS::ParsingError(jsonError.errorString());
+
+        if (!jsonDoc.isObject())
+            throw RSS::ParsingError(RSS::AutoDownloader::tr("Invalid data format."));
+
+        const QJsonObject jsonObj {jsonDoc.object()};
+        QVector<RSS::AutoDownloadRule> rules;
+        for (auto it = jsonObj.begin(); it != jsonObj.end(); ++it) {
+            const QJsonValue jsonVal {it.value()};
+            if (!jsonVal.isObject())
+                throw RSS::ParsingError(RSS::AutoDownloader::tr("Invalid data format."));
+
+            rules.append(RSS::AutoDownloadRule::fromJsonObject(jsonVal.toObject(), it.key()));
+        }
+
+        return rules;
+    }
+}
+
 using namespace RSS;
 
 QPointer<AutoDownloader> AutoDownloader::m_instance = nullptr;
@@ -84,8 +112,8 @@ AutoDownloader::AutoDownloader()
     connect(m_ioThread, &QThread::finished, m_fileStorage, &AsyncFileStorage::deleteLater);
     connect(m_fileStorage, &AsyncFileStorage::failed, [](const QString &fileName, const QString &errorString)
     {
-        Logger::instance()->addMessage(QString("Couldn't save RSS AutoDownloader data in %1. Error: %2")
-                                       .arg(fileName).arg(errorString), Log::WARNING);
+        LogMsg(tr("Couldn't save RSS AutoDownloader data in %1. Error: %2")
+               .arg(fileName).arg(errorString), Log::CRITICAL);
     });
 
     m_ioThread->start();
@@ -174,6 +202,70 @@ void AutoDownloader::removeRule(const QString &ruleName)
     }
 }
 
+QByteArray AutoDownloader::exportRules(AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat format) const
+{
+    switch (format) {
+    case RulesFileFormat::Legacy:
+        return exportRulesToLegacyFormat();
+    default:
+        return exportRulesToJSONFormat();
+    }
+}
+
+void AutoDownloader::importRules(const QByteArray &data, AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat format)
+{
+    switch (format) {
+    case RulesFileFormat::Legacy:
+        importRulesFromLegacyFormat(data);
+        break;
+    default:
+        importRulesFromJSONFormat(data);
+    }
+}
+
+QByteArray AutoDownloader::exportRulesToJSONFormat() const
+{
+    QJsonObject jsonObj;
+    for (const auto &rule : rules())
+        jsonObj.insert(rule.name(), rule.toJsonObject());
+
+    return QJsonDocument(jsonObj).toJson();
+}
+
+void AutoDownloader::importRulesFromJSONFormat(const QByteArray &data)
+{
+    const auto rules = rulesFromJSON(data);
+    for (const auto &rule : rules)
+        insertRule(rule);
+}
+
+QByteArray AutoDownloader::exportRulesToLegacyFormat() const
+{
+    QVariantHash dict;
+    for (const auto &rule : rules())
+        dict[rule.name()] = rule.toLegacyDict();
+
+    QByteArray data;
+    QDataStream out(&data, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    out.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_4_5);
+    out << dict;
+
+    return data;
+}
+
+void AutoDownloader::importRulesFromLegacyFormat(const QByteArray &data)
+{
+    QDataStream in(data);
+    in.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_4_5);
+    QVariantHash dict;
+    in >> dict;
+    if (in.status() != QDataStream::Ok)
+        throw ParsingError(tr("Invalid data format"));
+
+    for (const QVariant &val : dict)
+        insertRule(AutoDownloadRule::fromLegacyDict(val.toHash()));
+}
+
 void AutoDownloader::process()
 {
     if (m_processingQueue.isEmpty()) return; // processing was disabled
@@ -276,39 +368,20 @@ void AutoDownloader::load()
     else if (rulesFile.open(QFile::ReadOnly))
         loadRules(rulesFile.readAll());
     else
-        Logger::instance()->addMessage(
-                    QString("Couldn't read RSS AutoDownloader rules from %1. Error: %2")
-                    .arg(rulesFile.fileName()).arg(rulesFile.errorString()), Log::WARNING);
+        LogMsg(tr("Couldn't read RSS AutoDownloader rules from %1. Error: %2")
+               .arg(rulesFile.fileName()).arg(rulesFile.errorString()), Log::CRITICAL);
 }
 
 void AutoDownloader::loadRules(const QByteArray &data)
 {
-    QJsonParseError jsonError;
-    QJsonDocument jsonDoc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(data, &jsonError);
-    if (jsonError.error != QJsonParseError::NoError) {
-        Logger::instance()->addMessage(
-                    QString("Couldn't parse RSS AutoDownloader rules. Error: %1")
-                    .arg(jsonError.errorString()), Log::WARNING);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (!jsonDoc.isObject()) {
-        Logger::instance()->addMessage(
-                    QString("Couldn't load RSS AutoDownloader rules. Invalid data format."), Log::WARNING);
-        return;
+    try {
+        const auto rules = rulesFromJSON(data);
+        for (const auto &rule : rules)
+            setRule_impl(rule);
     }
-
-    QJsonObject jsonObj = jsonDoc.object();
-    foreach (const QString &key, jsonObj.keys()) {
-        const QJsonValue jsonVal = jsonObj.value(key);
-        if (!jsonVal.isObject()) {
-            Logger::instance()->addMessage(
-                        QString("Couldn't load RSS AutoDownloader rule '%1'. Invalid data format.")
-                        .arg(key), Log::WARNING);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        setRule_impl(AutoDownloadRule::fromJsonObject(jsonVal.toObject(), key));
+    catch (const ParsingError &error) {
+        LogMsg(tr("Couldn't load RSS AutoDownloader rules. Reason: %1")
+               .arg(error.message()), Log::CRITICAL);
     }
 }
 
@@ -317,7 +390,7 @@ void AutoDownloader::loadRulesLegacy()
     SettingsPtr settings = Profile::instance().applicationSettings(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent-rss"));
     QVariantHash rules = settings->value(QStringLiteral("download_rules")).toHash();
     foreach (const QVariant &ruleVar, rules) {
-        auto rule = AutoDownloadRule::fromVariantHash(ruleVar.toHash());
+        auto rule = AutoDownloadRule::fromLegacyDict(ruleVar.toHash());
         if (!rule.name().isEmpty())
             insertRule(rule);
     }
@@ -385,3 +458,13 @@ void AutoDownloader::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
     Q_UNUSED(event);
     store();
 }
+
+ParsingError::ParsingError(const QString &message)
+    : std::runtime_error(message.toUtf8().data())
+{
+}
+
+QString ParsingError::message() const
+{
+    return what();
+}
diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.h b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.h
index 50919f978..ba9c0ac39 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.h
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <stdexcept>
+
 #include <QBasicTimer>
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QList>
@@ -49,6 +51,13 @@ namespace RSS
 
     class AutoDownloadRule;
 
+    class ParsingError : public std::runtime_error
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit ParsingError(const QString &message);
+        QString message() const;
+    };
+
     class AutoDownloader final: public QObject
     {
         Q_OBJECT
@@ -60,6 +69,12 @@ namespace RSS
         ~AutoDownloader() override;
 
     public:
+        enum class RulesFileFormat
+        {
+            Legacy,
+            JSON
+        };
+
         static AutoDownloader *instance();
 
         bool isProcessingEnabled() const;
@@ -73,6 +88,9 @@ namespace RSS
         bool renameRule(const QString &ruleName, const QString &newRuleName);
         void removeRule(const QString &ruleName);
 
+        QByteArray exportRules(RulesFileFormat format = RulesFileFormat::JSON) const;
+        void importRules(const QByteArray &data, RulesFileFormat format = RulesFileFormat::JSON);
+
     signals:
         void processingStateChanged(bool enabled);
         void ruleAdded(const QString &ruleName);
@@ -98,6 +116,10 @@ namespace RSS
         void loadRulesLegacy();
         void store();
         void storeDeferred();
+        QByteArray exportRulesToJSONFormat() const;
+        void importRulesFromJSONFormat(const QByteArray &data);
+        QByteArray exportRulesToLegacyFormat() const;
+        void importRulesFromLegacyFormat(const QByteArray &data);
 
         static QPointer<AutoDownloader> m_instance;
 
diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.cpp b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.cpp
index 48c194621..83a9c343e 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.cpp
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.cpp
@@ -63,11 +63,29 @@ namespace
     QJsonValue triStateBoolToJsonValue(const TriStateBool &triStateBool)
     {
         switch (static_cast<int>(triStateBool)) {
-        case 0:  return false; break;
-        case 1:  return true; break;
+        case 0:  return false;
+        case 1:  return true;
         default: return QJsonValue();
         }
     }
+
+    TriStateBool addPausedLegacyToTriStateBool(int val)
+    {
+        switch (val) {
+        case 1:  return TriStateBool::True; // always
+        case 2:  return TriStateBool::False; // never
+        default: return TriStateBool::Undefined; // default
+        }
+    }
+
+    int triStateBoolToAddPausedLegacy(const TriStateBool &triStateBool)
+    {
+        switch (static_cast<int>(triStateBool)) {
+        case 0:  return 2; // never
+        case 1:  return 1; // always
+        default: return 0; // default
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 const QString Str_Name(QStringLiteral("name"));
@@ -378,21 +396,37 @@ AutoDownloadRule AutoDownloadRule::fromJsonObject(const QJsonObject &jsonObj, co
     return rule;
 }
 
-AutoDownloadRule AutoDownloadRule::fromVariantHash(const QVariantHash &varHash)
-{
-    AutoDownloadRule rule(varHash.value("name").toString());
-
-    rule.setUseRegex(varHash.value("use_regex", false).toBool());
-    rule.setMustContain(varHash.value("must_contain").toString());
-    rule.setMustNotContain(varHash.value("must_not_contain").toString());
-    rule.setEpisodeFilter(varHash.value("episode_filter").toString());
-    rule.setFeedURLs(varHash.value("affected_feeds").toStringList());
-    rule.setEnabled(varHash.value("enabled", false).toBool());
-    rule.setSavePath(varHash.value("save_path").toString());
-    rule.setCategory(varHash.value("category_assigned").toString());
-    rule.setAddPaused(TriStateBool(varHash.value("add_paused").toInt() - 1));
-    rule.setLastMatch(varHash.value("last_match").toDateTime());
-    rule.setIgnoreDays(varHash.value("ignore_days").toInt());
+QVariantHash AutoDownloadRule::toLegacyDict() const
+{
+    return {{"name", name()},
+        {"must_contain", mustContain()},
+        {"must_not_contain", mustNotContain()},
+        {"save_path", savePath()},
+        {"affected_feeds", feedURLs()},
+        {"enabled", isEnabled()},
+        {"category_assigned", assignedCategory()},
+        {"use_regex", useRegex()},
+        {"add_paused", triStateBoolToAddPausedLegacy(addPaused())},
+        {"episode_filter", episodeFilter()},
+        {"last_match", lastMatch()},
+        {"ignore_days", ignoreDays()}};
+}
+
+AutoDownloadRule AutoDownloadRule::fromLegacyDict(const QVariantHash &dict)
+{
+    AutoDownloadRule rule(dict.value("name").toString());
+
+    rule.setUseRegex(dict.value("use_regex", false).toBool());
+    rule.setMustContain(dict.value("must_contain").toString());
+    rule.setMustNotContain(dict.value("must_not_contain").toString());
+    rule.setEpisodeFilter(dict.value("episode_filter").toString());
+    rule.setFeedURLs(dict.value("affected_feeds").toStringList());
+    rule.setEnabled(dict.value("enabled", false).toBool());
+    rule.setSavePath(dict.value("save_path").toString());
+    rule.setCategory(dict.value("category_assigned").toString());
+    rule.setAddPaused(addPausedLegacyToTriStateBool(dict.value("add_paused").toInt()));
+    rule.setLastMatch(dict.value("last_match").toDateTime());
+    rule.setIgnoreDays(dict.value("ignore_days").toInt());
 
     return rule;
 }
diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.h b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.h
index 6b79fe3a5..b28d7b47a 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.h
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloadrule.h
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ namespace RSS
 
         QJsonObject toJsonObject() const;
         static AutoDownloadRule fromJsonObject(const QJsonObject &jsonObj, const QString &name = "");
-        static AutoDownloadRule fromVariantHash(const QVariantHash &varHash);
+
+        QVariantHash toLegacyDict() const;
+        static AutoDownloadRule fromLegacyDict(const QVariantHash &dict);
 
     private:
         bool matches(const QString &articleTitle, const QString &expression) const;
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.cpp b/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.cpp
index a97ebcbb9..dc2cf0aa6 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.cpp
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@
 #include "autoexpandabledialog.h"
 #include "ui_automatedrssdownloader.h"
 
+const QString EXT_JSON {QStringLiteral(".json")};
+const QString EXT_LEGACY {QStringLiteral(".rssrules")};
+
 AutomatedRssDownloader::AutomatedRssDownloader(QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent)
+    , m_formatFilterJSON(QString("%1 (*%2)").arg(tr("Rules")).arg(EXT_JSON))
+    , m_formatFilterLegacy(QString("%1 (*%2)").arg(tr("Rules (legacy)")).arg(EXT_LEGACY))
     , m_ui(new Ui::AutomatedRssDownloader)
     , m_currentRuleItem(nullptr)
 {
@@ -384,31 +389,73 @@ void AutomatedRssDownloader::on_browseSP_clicked()
 
 void AutomatedRssDownloader::on_exportBtn_clicked()
 {
-//    if (m_editableRuleList->isEmpty()) {
-//        QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Invalid action"), tr("The list is empty, there is nothing to export."));
-//        return;
-//    }
-//    // Ask for a save path
-//    QString save_path = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Where would you like to save the list?"), QDir::homePath(), tr("Rules list (*.rssrules)"));
-//    if (save_path.isEmpty()) return;
-//    if (!save_path.endsWith(".rssrules", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
-//        save_path += ".rssrules";
-//    if (!m_editableRuleList->serialize(save_path)) {
-//        QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("I/O Error"), tr("Failed to create the destination file"));
-//        return;
-//    }
+    if (RSS::AutoDownloader::instance()->rules().isEmpty()) {
+        QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Invalid action")
+                             , tr("The list is empty, there is nothing to export."));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QString selectedFilter {m_formatFilterJSON};
+    QString path = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(
+                this, tr("Export RSS rules"), QDir::homePath()
+                , QString("%1;;%2").arg(m_formatFilterJSON).arg(m_formatFilterLegacy), &selectedFilter);
+    if (path.isEmpty()) return;
+
+    const RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat format {
+        (selectedFilter == m_formatFilterJSON)
+                ? RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat::JSON
+                : RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat::Legacy
+    };
+
+    if (format == RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat::JSON) {
+        if (!path.endsWith(EXT_JSON, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+            path += EXT_JSON;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (!path.endsWith(EXT_LEGACY, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+            path += EXT_LEGACY;
+    }
+
+    QFile file {path};
+    if (!file.open(QFile::WriteOnly)
+            || (file.write(RSS::AutoDownloader::instance()->exportRules(format)) == -1)) {
+        QMessageBox::critical(
+                    this, tr("I/O Error")
+                    , tr("Failed to create the destination file. Reason: %1").arg(file.errorString()));
+    }
 }
 
 void AutomatedRssDownloader::on_importBtn_clicked()
 {
-//    // Ask for filter path
-//    QString load_path = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Please point to the RSS download rules file"), QDir::homePath(), tr("Rules list") + QString(" (*.rssrules *.filters)"));
-//    if (load_path.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(load_path)) return;
-//    // Load it
-//    if (!m_editableRuleList->unserialize(load_path)) {
-//        QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Import Error"), tr("Failed to import the selected rules file"));
-//        return;
-//    }
+    QString selectedFilter {m_formatFilterJSON};
+    QString path = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(
+                this, tr("Import RSS rules"), QDir::homePath()
+                , QString("%1;;%2").arg(m_formatFilterJSON).arg(m_formatFilterLegacy), &selectedFilter);
+    if (path.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(path))
+        return;
+
+    QFile file {path};
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+        QMessageBox::critical(
+                    this, tr("I/O Error")
+                    , tr("Failed to open the file. Reason: %1").arg(file.errorString()));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat format {
+        (selectedFilter == m_formatFilterJSON)
+                ? RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat::JSON
+                : RSS::AutoDownloader::RulesFileFormat::Legacy
+    };
+
+    try {
+        RSS::AutoDownloader::instance()->importRules(file.readAll(),format);
+    }
+    catch (const RSS::ParsingError &error) {
+        QMessageBox::critical(
+                    this, tr("Import Error")
+                    , tr("Failed to import the selected rules file. Reason: %1").arg(error.message()));
+    }
 }
 
 void AutomatedRssDownloader::displayRulesListMenu()
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.h b/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.h
index acbd9b955..d336fbc60 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.h
+++ b/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.h
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ private:
     void updateFeedList();
     void addFeedArticlesToTree(RSS::Feed *feed, const QStringList &articles);
 
+    const QString m_formatFilterJSON;
+    const QString m_formatFilterLegacy;
+
     Ui::AutomatedRssDownloader *m_ui;
     QListWidgetItem *m_currentRuleItem;
     QShortcut *m_editHotkey;
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.ui b/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.ui
index 6c9db0cdf..e77b1385a 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.ui
+++ b/src/gui/rss/automatedrssdownloader.ui
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="importBtn">
        <property name="enabled">
-        <bool>false</bool>
+        <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>&amp;Import...</string>
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="exportBtn">
        <property name="enabled">
-        <bool>false</bool>
+        <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>&amp;Export...</string>