diff --git a/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/db/StoreService.kt b/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/db/StoreService.kt
index 72f27a8..c7480b8 100644
--- a/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/db/StoreService.kt
+++ b/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/db/StoreService.kt
@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ class StoreService {
         }
     }
 
+    @Throws(IOException::class)
+    fun getBlobString(id: String, blobName: String): String {
+        val tx = store.beginReadonlyTransaction()
+        try {
+            val entity = getEntity(id, tx)
+            return entity.getBlobString(blobName) ?: throw NotFoundException("there is no blob $blobName")
+        } finally {
+            tx.commit()
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun Entity.applyValues(property: EntityProperty) {
         property.value = safeTrim(property.value)
         val value = property.string2value()
diff --git a/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/resources/Entities.kt b/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/resources/Entities.kt
index db95a80..096f12a 100644
--- a/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/resources/Entities.kt
+++ b/entity-browser-app/src/main/kotlin/jetbrains/xodus/browser/web/resources/Entities.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import jetbrains.xodus.browser.web.AppRoute
 import jetbrains.xodus.browser.web.ChangeSummary
 import jetbrains.xodus.browser.web.WebApplication
 import mu.KLogging
+import java.io.BufferedWriter
+import java.io.InputStreamReader
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter
+import java.net.URI
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 
 class Entities(webApp: WebApplication) : AppRoute, ResourceSupport(webApp) {
@@ -88,6 +93,19 @@ class Entities(webApp: WebApplication) : AppRoute, ResourceSupport(webApp) {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            get("/{entityId}/blobString/{blobName}") {
+                val entityId = call.entityId
+                val blobName = call.parameters["blobName"] ?: ""
+                logger.debug { "getting entity by entity id '$entityId'" }
+                val encodedBlobName =  URI(null, null, blobName, null).toASCIIString().replace(",".toRegex(), "%2C")
+                call.response.headers.append("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=$encodedBlobName.txt")
+                call.respondOutputStream(ContentType.parse("text/plain;charset=utf-8")) {
+                    val blobString = call.storeService.getBlobString(entityId, blobName)
+                    val writer = BufferedWriter(OutputStreamWriter(this, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+                    writer.write(blobString)
+                    writer.flush()
+                }
+            }
             get("/{entityId}/links/{linkName}") {
                 val entityId = call.entityId
                 val linkName = call.parameters["linkName"] ?: ""
diff --git a/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/data-view.js b/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/data-view.js
index 3e6d3be..4b563b3 100644
--- a/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/data-view.js
+++ b/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/data-view.js
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ angular.module('xodus').controller('DataViewController', [
             dataViewCtrl.blobLink = function (entity, blob) {
                 return navigation.api.blobLink(entity.id, blob.name);
             };
+
+            dataViewCtrl.blobStringLink = function (entity, blob) {
+                return navigation.api.blobStringLink(entity.id, blob.name);
+            };
         };
 
         function newPager(searchTerm) {
diff --git a/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/form-view/blobs.js b/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/form-view/blobs.js
index efa94f0..8a06e45 100644
--- a/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/form-view/blobs.js
+++ b/entity-browser-frontend/app/controller/form-view/blobs.js
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ angular.module('xodus').controller('BlobsController', [
             return navigation.api.blobLink($scope.state.current.id, blob.name);
         };
 
+        $scope.downloadStringLink = function (blob) {
+            return navigation.api.blobStringLink($scope.state.current.id, blob.name);
+        };
+
     }]
 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/entity-browser-frontend/app/service/navigation.js b/entity-browser-frontend/app/service/navigation.js
index c7b523c..e6baccf 100644
--- a/entity-browser-frontend/app/service/navigation.js
+++ b/entity-browser-frontend/app/service/navigation.js
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ angular.module('xodus').factory('navigationService', [
                 return 'api/dbs/' + db.uuid + '/entities/' + entityId + "/blob/" + name;
             }
 
+            function blobStringLink(entityId, name) {
+                return 'api/dbs/' + db.uuid + '/entities/' + entityId + "/blobString/" + name;
+            }
+
             function toType(typeId) {
                 return angular.isDefined(typeId) ? $location.path(prefix).search({typeId: typeId.toString()}) : toType(0);
             }
@@ -40,7 +44,8 @@ angular.module('xodus').factory('navigationService', [
                 toEntity: toEntity,
                 forceReload: forceReload,
                 api: {
-                    blobLink: blobLink
+                    blobLink: blobLink,
+                    blobStringLink: blobStringLink
                 }
             };
         };
diff --git a/entity-browser-frontend/app/templates/data-view.html b/entity-browser-frontend/app/templates/data-view.html
index 967e33e..4f3e75a 100644
--- a/entity-browser-frontend/app/templates/data-view.html
+++ b/entity-browser-frontend/app/templates/data-view.html
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ <h4 class="panel-title pull-left" style="padding-top: 5.5px;">
                                         <td>
                                             <a class="btn btn-default" target="_self"
                                                data-ng-href="{{dataViewCtrl.blobLink(item, p)}}">
-                                                <i class="fa fa-download"></i>
+                                                <i class="fa fa-download"> Binary</i>
+                                            </a>
+                                            <a class="btn btn-default" target="_self"
+                                               data-ng-href="{{dataViewCtrl.blobStringLink(item, p)}}">
+                                                <i class="fa fa-download"> UTF</i>
                                             </a>
                                         </td>
                                     </tr>