diff --git a/calque.js b/calque.js
index 4af2f6f..c7f25a6 100644
--- a/calque.js
+++ b/calque.js
@@ -22,6 +22,35 @@
         this.expressions = [];
         this.activeLine = 0;
 
+        this.facilitySaveOpen = function (saveFileBtn, openFileBtn) {
+            var openFileEl = document.createElement("input");
+            openFileEl.type = "file";
+            openFileEl.onchange = Calque.readFile;
+
+            saveFileBtn.onclick = function () {
+                Calque.saveToFile(inputEl.value);
+            };
+
+            openFileBtn.onclick = openFile;
+
+            window.addEventListener('keypress',
+                function (e) {
+                    if (e.ctrlKey && e.keyCode == 10) {
+                        Calque.saveToFile(input.value);
+                    }
+
+                    if (e.keyCode == 13 && e.shiftKey) {
+                        openFile();
+                    }
+                }
+            );
+
+            function openFile() {
+                openFileEl.value = "";
+                openFileEl.click();
+            }
+        }
+
         var handler = function () {
             this.updateActiveLine();
             this.input();
@@ -164,6 +193,42 @@
         this.outputEl.innerHTML = html;
     };
 
+    Calque.saveToFile = function (text) {
+        var textFileAsBlob = new Blob([text], {type:'text/plain'});
+        var fileNameToSaveAs ="calque.txt";
+        var downloadLink = document.createElement("a");
+        downloadLink.download = fileNameToSaveAs;
+
+        if (window.URL != null) {
+            downloadLink.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(textFileAsBlob);
+        }
+        else {
+            downloadLink.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(textFileAsBlob);
+
+            downloadLink.onclick = function (e) {
+                document.body.removeChild(event.target);
+            };
+            downloadLink.style.display = "none";
+
+            document.body.appendChild(downloadLink);
+        }
+
+        downloadLink.click();
+    };
+
+    Calque.readFile = function (e) {
+        var tgt = e.target || window.event.srcElement,
+        files = tgt.files,
+        fileReader;
+
+        if (FileReader && files && files.length) {
+            var fileReader = new FileReader();
+            fileReader.onload = function (event) {
+                calque.inputEl.value = fileReader.result;
+            }
+            fileReader.readAsText(files[0], "UTF-8");
+        }
+    };
 
     function Expression(code, scope) {
         this.code = code;
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e60dd8b..e5ca62f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
     <script src="calque.js"></script>
     <script>
         window.onload = function () {
-            var input = document.getElementById('input');
-            var output = document.getElementById('output');
+            var input = document.getElementById('input'),
+                output = document.getElementById('output'),
+                saveFileBtn = document.getElementById('save-file-btn'),
+                openFileBtn = document.getElementById('open-file-btn');
+
             window.calque = new Calque(input, output);
+            calque.facilitySaveOpen(saveFileBtn, openFileBtn);
             input.select();
         }
     </script>
@@ -22,6 +26,10 @@
         <div class="output" id="output"></div>
         <textarea class="input" id="input"></textarea>
     </div>
+    <div class="file-interface">
+    	<span class="small-btn" id="save-file-btn">Save (ctrl + enter)</span>
+    	<span class="small-btn" id="open-file-btn">Open (shift + enter)</span>
+    </div>
     <div class="info">
         <h1>Calque</h1>
 
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 5270a59..af356fe 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -101,4 +101,31 @@ body {
 .info pre:after {
     content: attr(data-result);
     color: grey;
+}
+
+.small-btn {
+    background-color: #f7f7f7;
+    border: 1px solid #ccc;
+    color: #333;
+    font-size: 11px;
+    line-height: 1.4;
+    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff;
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 0.1em 0.6em;
+    margin: 0 0.1em;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2),0 0 0 2px #fff inset;
+    border-radius: 3px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.small-btn:active {
+    background-color: #f0f0f0;
+    box-shadow: none;
+}
+
+.file-interface {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 368px;
+    top: 1px;
 }
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