diff --git a/src/models/recipev2.rs b/src/models/recipev2.rs
index a0ba1a4..81f8393 100644
--- a/src/models/recipev2.rs
+++ b/src/models/recipev2.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+use mlua::AsChunk;
 use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelIterator, IntoParallelRefIterator, ParallelIterator};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -74,11 +76,12 @@ impl RecipeListChange {
 }
 
 pub struct ShardingRecipe {
+    pub shard_name: String,
     pub category_map: BTreeMap<String, Value>,
 }
 
 impl ShardingRecipe {
-    pub fn build(data: BTreeMap<String, Value>) -> Self {
+    pub fn build(name: String, data: BTreeMap<String, Value>) -> Self {
         let keylist: Vec<String> = data.keys().map(|k| k.to_string()).collect();
         let mut category_map = BTreeMap::new();
 
@@ -101,13 +104,26 @@ impl ShardingRecipe {
             }
         }
 
-        Self { category_map }
+        Self {
+            shard_name: name,
+            category_map,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn save_shard(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        for cat_key in self.category_map.keys() {
+            let shard_out_name = format!("{}_{}.shard", self.shard_name, cat_key);
+
+            let file = File::create(shard_out_name)?;
+            serde_json::to_writer_pretty(file, self.category_map.get(cat_key).unwrap())?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
 /// break down recipe(s) in the folder into mapping,
 /// tracking diff between fields. (This does not compare other fields than Recipe01)
-pub fn build_recipe_shardings(source: PathBuf) -> ShardingRecipe {
+pub fn build_recipe_shardings(name: String, source: PathBuf) -> ShardingRecipe {
     let files = common::get_all_files_in_directory(source.as_path().to_str().unwrap());
     let known_latest_version = format!("{}/version", source.as_path().to_str().unwrap());
     let mut latest_version_string = String::new();
@@ -244,5 +260,5 @@ pub fn build_recipe_shardings(source: PathBuf) -> ShardingRecipe {
         })
         .collect();
 
-    ShardingRecipe::build(shards)
+    ShardingRecipe::build(name.to_string(), shards)
 }