diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17550172..e54f7667 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ pids
 *.pid
 *.seed
 *.pid.lock
+*.gz
+*.geojson
 
 # Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
 lib-cov
diff --git a/export-crag-data.sh b/export-crag-data.sh
index 53799988..e3bd1747 100755
--- a/export-crag-data.sh
+++ b/export-crag-data.sh
@@ -6,17 +6,24 @@ then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "cloning openbeta-export repository"
-git clone --depth 1 --branch production https://ob-bot-user:${GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN}@github.com/OpenBeta/openbeta-export || exit 1
-git config user.name "db-export-bot"
-git config user.email "db-export-bot@noreply"
-cd ..
-
 echo "start exporting CRAG data..."
 yarn export-crags
 
+ZIP_FILE=crags.geojson.gz
+
+tar -czf ${ZIP_FILE} crags.geojson crag-groups.geojson
+
 echo "... finished export. Committing data..."
 
+echo "cloning openbeta-export repository"
+git clone --depth 1 --branch production https://ob-export-user:${GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN}@github.com/OpenBeta/openbeta-export.git || exit 1
+
+cd openbeta-export
+git config user.name "ob-export-user"
+git config user.email "db-export-bot@noreply"
+
+mv ../${ZIP_FILE} .
+
 git add -A
 git commit -am "export crag data"
 git push origin production