diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d03d3bd..96085b4 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,3 +36,13 @@ brew install imagemagick@6
 Create a symlink to this newly installed dylib file as mentioned in other answer to get things working.
 ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick@6/<your specific 6 version>/lib/libMagickWand-6.Q16.dylib /usr/local/lib/libMagickWand.dylib
 
+## install pyrqlite
+
+git clone https://github.com/rqlite/pyrqlite.git
+pip install ./pyrqlite
+
+## install sqlalchemy-rqlite
+
+git clone https://github.com/rqlite/sqlalchemy-rqlite.git
+cd sqlalchemy-rqlite
+sudo python3 ./setup.py install
diff --git a/app/views.py b/app/views.py
index 4803a07..789f23c 100755
--- a/app/views.py
+++ b/app/views.py
@@ -407,6 +407,23 @@ def add_to_stack(id):
         db.session.commit()
         return render_template('show_stack_detail.html', stack=stack)
 
+from csv import DictWriter
+import io
+
+@app.route('/export/csv', methods=['GET'])
+def export_csv ():
+    output = io.StringIO()
+    fieldnames = ['title', 'authors']
+    csv = DictWriter(output,fieldnames)
+    csv.writeheader()
+    # for i in range(10):
+    #     csv.writerow({'ID': i, 'fruit': "Tomato"})
+    for book in Book.query.order_by("title"):
+        authors = ", ".join([x.author_name for x in book.authors])
+        csv.writerow({"title": book.title, "authors": authors})
+    resp = Response(output.getvalue(), mimetype="text/plain")
+    # resp.headers["Content-Disposition"] = "attachment;filename=export.csv"
+    return resp
 ###
 # The API
 ###
diff --git a/import_csv.py b/import_csv.py
index 9aa06d1..b43447d 100644
--- a/import_csv.py
+++ b/import_csv.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ with open(args.csv) as f:
             if stack:
                 b = db.session.query(Stack).filter_by(stack_name=stack).first()
                 if b == None:
-                    b = Stack(stack_name=stack, stack_description=stack_description)
+                    b = Stack(stack_name=stack, stack_description=None)
 
                     db.session.add(b)
                 book.stacks.append(b)