diff --git a/src/filemanager.cpp b/src/filemanager.cpp
index 4343e9f..a106041 100644
--- a/src/filemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/filemanager.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ bool File::save(QUrl file, QVariantList serviceList) {
   qDebug() << "File path is: " << file.toString();
   qDebug() << "serviceList is: " << serviceList;
   qDebug() << "@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@";
+
+  //first we'll get a json representation of our serviceList
+  //save that to a temp file in case we need it but also convert
+  //it to a byte array just before putting it into the archive
   QJsonArray jsonData = QJsonArray::fromVariantList(serviceList);
   qDebug() << jsonData;
 
@@ -60,13 +64,20 @@ bool File::save(QUrl file, QVariantList serviceList) {
   QDir dir;
   dir.mkpath("/tmp/presenter");
   QFile jsonFile("/tmp/presenter/json");
+
   if (!jsonFile.exists())
     qDebug() << "NOT EXISTS!";
+
   if (!jsonFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
     return false;
 
+  //finalize the temp json file, in case something goes wrong in the
+  //archive, we'll have this to jump back to
   jsonFile.write(jsonText.toJson());
+  qDebug() << jsonFile.fileName();
+  jsonFile.close();
 
+  //now we create our archive file and set it's parameters
   QString filename = file.toString().right(file.toString().size() - 7);
   qDebug() << filename;
 
@@ -76,7 +87,31 @@ bool File::save(QUrl file, QVariantList serviceList) {
     qDebug() << tar.isOpen();
     return false;
   }
-  tar.addLocalFile("/tmp/presenter/json","servicelist.json");
+
+  //write our json data to the archive
+  tar.writeFile("servicelist.json",jsonText.toJson());
+
+  //let's add the backgrounds and audios to the archive
+  for (int i = 0; i < serviceList.size(); i++) {
+    QMap item = serviceList[i].toMap();
+    QString background = item.value("background").toString();
+    QString backgroundFile = background.right(background.size() - 5);
+    qDebug() << backgroundFile;
+    QString audio = item.value("audio").toString();
+    QString audioFile = audio.right(audio.size() - 5);
+    qDebug() << audioFile;
+
+    //here we need to cut off all the directories before
+    //adding into the archive
+    tar.addLocalFile(backgroundFile,
+                     backgroundFile.right(backgroundFile.size() -
+                                          backgroundFile.lastIndexOf("/") - 1));
+    tar.addLocalFile(audioFile,
+                     audioFile.right(audioFile.size() -
+                                     audioFile.lastIndexOf("/") - 1));
+  }
+
+  //close the archive so that everything is done
   tar.close();