diff --git a/demo/lib/App.tsx b/demo/lib/App.tsx
index f9013723e..33dd336af 100644
--- a/demo/lib/App.tsx
+++ b/demo/lib/App.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   Image,
   Input,
   Menu,
+  Message,
   Sidebar,
 } from "semantic-ui-react";
 import seqparse from "seqparse";
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import { chooseRandomColor } from "../../src/colors";
 import { AnnotationProp, Primer, TranslationProp } from "../../src/elements";
 import Header from "./Header";
 import file from "./file";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 const viewerTypeOptions = [
   { key: "both", text: "Both", value: "both" },
@@ -29,6 +31,11 @@ const viewerTypeOptions = [
   { key: "both_flip", text: "Both Flip", value: "both_flip" },
 ];
 
+interface Message {
+  positive: boolean
+  visible: boolean
+}
+
 interface AppState {
   annotations: AnnotationProp[];
   customChildren: boolean;
@@ -45,6 +52,7 @@ interface AppState {
   showSidebar: boolean;
   translations: TranslationProp[];
   viewer: string;
+  message: Message;
   zoom: number;
 }
 
@@ -101,6 +109,10 @@ export default class App extends React.Component<any, AppState> {
       { end: 1147, name: "", start: 736 },
       { end: 1885, name: "ORF 2", start: 1165 },
     ],
+    message: {
+      positive: true,
+      visible: false
+    },
     viewer: "both",
     zoom: 50,
   };
@@ -123,6 +135,34 @@ export default class App extends React.Component<any, AppState> {
     this.setState({ showSelectionMeta: !showSelectionMeta });
   };
 
+  sendToMPI = async () => {
+    try {
+      const { seq, name, annotations } = this.state;
+      const response = await fetch(`https://mpi.f4hcvcnn7c36k.us-east-1.cs.amazonlightsail.com/sequences`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ seq, name, type: "dna", annotations }),
+      });
+      const res = await response.json();
+      if (res.statusCode && res.statusCode != 201) {
+        throw "Not possible to export sequence."
+      }
+      this.setState({ message: { positive: true, visible: true } })
+    } catch (e) {
+      this.setState({ message: { positive: false, visible: true } })
+    }
+
+    this.closeMessage()
+  };
+
+  closeMessage = () => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.setState({ message: { positive: true, visible: false } });
+    }, 3000);
+  };
+
   handleHide = () => {
     this.setState({ showSidebar: false });
   };
@@ -192,6 +232,7 @@ export default class App extends React.Component<any, AppState> {
 
     return (
       <div style={{ height: "100vh" }}>
+        <Alert visible={this.state.message.visible} positive={this.state.message.positive} />
         <Sidebar.Pushable className="sidebar-container">
           <Sidebar
             animation="overlay"
@@ -245,6 +286,7 @@ export default class App extends React.Component<any, AppState> {
                 showSelectionMeta={this.state.showSelectionMeta}
                 toggleShowSelectionMeta={this.toggleShowSelectionMeta}
                 toggleSidebar={this.toggleSidebar}
+                sendToMPI={this.sendToMPI}
               />
               <div id="seqviewer">
                 {this.state.seq && (
@@ -441,3 +483,25 @@ const SidebarFooter = () => (
     </p>
   </div>
 );
+
+const Alert = ({ visible, positive }) => {
+  if (visible) {
+    if (positive) {
+      return (
+        <Message id="alert-message" positive>
+          <p>
+            Sequence successfully exported to MPI.
+          </p>
+        </Message>
+      );
+    }
+    return (
+      <Message id="alert-message" negative>
+        <p>
+          Error exporting sequence to MPI. Try again later.
+        </p>
+      </Message>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
diff --git a/demo/lib/Header.tsx b/demo/lib/Header.tsx
index 4d1191e27..d58a0f42d 100644
--- a/demo/lib/Header.tsx
+++ b/demo/lib/Header.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { Button, Icon, Image, Popup } from "semantic-ui-react";
 
-const Header = ({ selection, showSelectionMeta, toggleShowSelectionMeta, toggleSidebar }) => (
+const Header = ({ selection, showSelectionMeta, toggleShowSelectionMeta, toggleSidebar, sendToMPI }) => (
   <div className="header" id="app-header">
     <div id="header-primary">
       <Popup
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const Header = ({ selection, showSelectionMeta, toggleShowSelectionMeta, toggleS
         showSelectionMeta={showSelectionMeta}
         toggleShowSelectionMeta={toggleShowSelectionMeta}
       />
+      <ExportToMPI
+        sendToMPI={sendToMPI}
+      />
       <a href="https://github.com/Lattice-Automation/seqviz" id="github-link" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
         <Icon name="github" size="large" />
       </a>
@@ -40,6 +43,14 @@ const ToggleSelectionMetaButton = ({ showSelectionMeta, toggleShowSelectionMeta
   </div>
 );
 
+const ExportToMPI = ({ sendToMPI }) => (
+  <div className="mpi-block">
+    <Button id="mpi-button" onClick={sendToMPI}>
+      Export to MPI
+    </Button>
+  </div>
+);
+
 const SelectionMetaRow = ({ selection }) => {
   const { end, feature, length, start } = selection;
   const noneSelected = start === end;
diff --git a/demo/styles/global.css b/demo/styles/global.css
index df2a94ba7..5a6aceab4 100644
--- a/demo/styles/global.css
+++ b/demo/styles/global.css
@@ -375,6 +375,19 @@ input#part-input {
   padding-right: 16px !important;
   margin: auto 0 !important;
   vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+#alert-message {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 1rem;
+  left: 1rem;
+}
+
+.mpi-block {
+  padding-left: 16px !important;
+  padding-right: 16px !important;
+  margin: auto 0 !important;
+  vertical-align: middle;
   flex: 1;
 }
 
@@ -402,6 +415,21 @@ input#part-input {
   box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(124, 124, 124, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(124, 124, 124, 0.24) !important;
 }
 
+#mpi-button {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+  width: 120px;
+  background: #f0f0f0;
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.8, 0.25, 1) !important;
+  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(124, 124, 124, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(124, 124, 124, 0.24) !important;
+  background-color: #14b7db !important;
+  color: white !important;
+}
+#mpi-button:hover {
+  background: #11a3c4 !important;
+}
+
 #header-meta {
   max-width: 100%;
   height: 24px;