diff --git a/config/custom-environment-variables.json b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
index 80adf30adb810c2f80b5eb6cf03028495a80b41e..0c516486d0997f2929e1b4a6328fec966866b864 100644
--- a/config/custom-environment-variables.json
+++ b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
     "host": "HOST",
     "port": "PORT"
   },
+  "assets": {
+    "host": "ASSETS_HOST",
+    "client": {
+      "endPoint": "ASSETS_ENDPOINT",
+      "port": "ASSETS_PORT",
+      "useSSL": "ASSETS_SECURE",
+      "accessKey": "ASSETS_ACCESS_KEY",
+      "secretKey": "ASSETS_SECRET_KEY"
+    },
+    "archivesBucket": "ASSETS_ARCHIVES_BUCKET"
+  },
   "resources": {
     "mongodb": {
       "url": "MONGODB_RESOURCES_URL",
diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index 9213a27b26d57dff0df6dddec2ad4f03109c1558..77eca944bd66e725bf5fdb5a716fe74aabdb3079 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
     "host": "0.0.0.0",
     "port": 3030
   },
+  "assets": {
+    "host": null,
+    "client": {
+      "endPoint": "assets.motionbank.org",
+      "port": 443,
+      "useSSL": true,
+      "accessKey": null,
+      "secretKey": null
+    },
+    "archivesBucket": "piecemaker-archives"
+  },
   "resources": {
     "mongodb": {
       "prefix": "res_",
diff --git a/config/dev.json b/config/dev.json
index 2a9f183ed76b434917938f7a0611d3398f09911d..7ae128e5bc8468861b261b7c20294738bf8de348 100644
--- a/config/dev.json
+++ b/config/dev.json
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
     "host": "localhost",
     "port": 3030
   },
+  "assets": {
+    "host": null,
+    "client": {
+      "endPoint": "assets.motionbank.org",
+      "port": 443,
+      "useSSL": true,
+      "accessKey": null,
+      "secretKey": null
+    },
+    "archivesBucket": "piecemaker-archives-dev"
+  },
   "resources": {
     "mongodb": {
       "url": "mongodb://localhost:27017/motionbank-api-dev",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bafcaa0b95672dbf7b87c81a86e471cb357cebed..a869a561c8b0589e28f3ee22b4c90c868d2ad412 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -553,6 +553,16 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bintrees/-/bintrees-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-DmVcm5wkNeqraL9AJyJtK1WjRSQ="
     },
+    "block-stream2": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/block-stream2/-/block-stream2-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-xzjjqRupd+u14f70MeE8oR2GOeI=",
+      "requires": {
+        "defined": "^1.0.0",
+        "inherits": "^2.0.1",
+        "readable-stream": "^2.0.4"
+      }
+    },
     "bluebird": {
       "version": "3.5.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.5.1.tgz",
@@ -933,6 +943,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-s2nW+128E+7PUk+RsHD+7cNXzzQ=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "defined": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/defined/-/defined-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-yY2bzvdWdBiOEQlpFRGZ45sfppM="
+    },
     "del": {
       "version": "2.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/del/-/del-2.2.2.tgz",
@@ -1063,9 +1078,14 @@
         "is-arrayish": "^0.2.1"
       }
     },
+    "es6-error": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es6-error/-/es6-error-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-kThDAexe0cmnJH0RKCRyFvA1R80="
+    },
     "es6-promise": {
       "version": "3.2.1",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-3.2.1.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es6-promise/-/es6-promise-3.2.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-7FYjOGgDKQkgcXDDlEjiREndH8Q="
     },
     "escape-string-regexp": {
@@ -1324,7 +1344,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "async": {
           "version": "1.5.2",
-          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-7GphrlZIDAw8skHJVhjiCJL5Zyo="
         }
       }
@@ -1616,7 +1636,7 @@
     },
     "http-errors": {
       "version": "1.6.3",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.6.3.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.6.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-i1VoC7S+KDoLW/TqLjhYC+HZMg0=",
       "requires": {
         "depd": "~1.1.2",
@@ -1871,6 +1891,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-nbe1lJatPzz+8wp1FC0tkwrXJlE=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "json-stream": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stream/-/json-stream-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-GjhU4o0rvuqzHMfd9oPS3cVlJwg="
+    },
     "json-stringify-safe": {
       "version": "5.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-stringify-safe/-/json-stringify-safe-5.0.1.tgz",
@@ -2372,6 +2397,33 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-0.0.8.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0="
     },
+    "minio": {
+      "version": "7.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minio/-/minio-7.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oUpw0wX2sIbfATBeYVglApOokPcjePlBNoRQBKMOmCPA0SXq+sXbuGOHaQJHbdMuhokwVrITwqSEApMtTDGNjA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "async": "^1.5.2",
+        "block-stream2": "^1.0.0",
+        "concat-stream": "^1.4.8",
+        "es6-error": "^2.0.2",
+        "json-stream": "^1.0.0",
+        "lodash": "^4.14.2",
+        "mime-types": "^2.1.14",
+        "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+        "querystring": "0.2.0",
+        "through2": "^0.6.5",
+        "uuid": "^3.1.0",
+        "xml": "^1.0.0",
+        "xml2js": "^0.4.15"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "async": {
+          "version": "1.5.2",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-7GphrlZIDAw8skHJVhjiCJL5Zyo="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "mkdirp": {
       "version": "0.5.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
@@ -2797,6 +2849,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-N5ZAX4/LxJmF+7wN74pUD6qAh9/wnvdQcjq9TZjevvXzSUo7bfmw91saqMjzGS2xq91/odN2dW/WOl7qQHNDGA=="
     },
+    "querystring": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystring/-/querystring-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-sgmEkgO7Jd+CDadW50cAWHhSFiA="
+    },
     "raven": {
       "version": "2.6.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/raven/-/raven-2.6.4.tgz",
@@ -3046,6 +3103,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-ntN6SbE3hRqd45PKKadRPgA+xHPWg5lPSj2JWJdJvjTwXDDfkPVtXWvP8jJojvnm+rAsZ2b299C5NwZqq818EA==",
       "optional": true
     },
+    "sax": {
+      "version": "1.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sax/-/sax-1.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NqVDv9TpANUjFm0N8uM5GxL36UgKi9/atZw+x7YFnQ8ckwFGKrl4xX4yWtrey3UJm5nP1kUbnYgLopqWNSRhWw=="
+    },
     "schema-object": {
       "version": "4.0.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-object/-/schema-object-4.0.11.tgz",
@@ -3381,6 +3443,38 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-DdTJ/6q8NXlgsbckEV1+Doai4fU=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "through2": {
+      "version": "0.6.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through2/-/through2-0.6.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-QaucZ7KdVyCQcUEOHXp6lozTrUg=",
+      "requires": {
+        "readable-stream": ">=1.0.33-1 <1.1.0-0",
+        "xtend": ">=4.0.0 <4.1.0-0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "isarray": {
+          "version": "0.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isarray/-/isarray-0.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-ihis/Kmo9Bd+Cav8YDiTmwXR7t8="
+        },
+        "readable-stream": {
+          "version": "1.0.34",
+          "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-1.0.34.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-Elgg40vIQtLyqq+v5MKRbuMsFXw=",
+          "requires": {
+            "core-util-is": "~1.0.0",
+            "inherits": "~2.0.1",
+            "isarray": "0.0.1",
+            "string_decoder": "~0.10.x"
+          }
+        },
+        "string_decoder": {
+          "version": "0.10.31",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-0.10.31.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-YuIDvEF2bGwoyfyEMB2rHFMQ+pQ="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "timed-out": {
       "version": "4.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/timed-out/-/timed-out-4.0.1.tgz",
@@ -3630,6 +3724,25 @@
         "mkdirp": "^0.5.1"
       }
     },
+    "xml": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xml/-/xml-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-eLpyAgApxbyHuKgaPPzXS0ovweU="
+    },
+    "xml2js": {
+      "version": "0.4.19",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xml2js/-/xml2js-0.4.19.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-esZnJZJOiJR9wWKMyuvSE1y6Dq5LCuJanqhxslH2bxM6duahNZ+HMpCLhBQGZkbX6xRf8x1Y2eJlgt2q3qo49Q==",
+      "requires": {
+        "sax": ">=0.6.0",
+        "xmlbuilder": "~9.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "xmlbuilder": {
+      "version": "9.0.7",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/xmlbuilder/-/xmlbuilder-9.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-Ey7mPS7FVlxVfiD0wi35rKaGsQ0="
+    },
     "xmldom": {
       "version": "0.1.19",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.1.19.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30fb48f94ea848c3c3eadee0d77ae0bdfd1cc067..33dc41272cb7281cc4cb76e79f90757e62dbd742 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "mbjs-generic-api": "0.0.16",
     "mbjs-persistence": "^0.2.0",
     "mbjs-utils": "0.0.6",
+    "minio": "^7.0.1",
     "mongodb": "^3.1.1",
     "multer": "^1.3.1",
     "mz": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/src/lib/archives.js b/src/lib/archives.js
index 906ac8f1e6156d2068d9e6b482db6d85515916a8..e899fc5c560329e84de05216a82f1a0de46e54dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/archives.js
+++ b/src/lib/archives.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const
   os = require('os'),
   multer = require('multer'),
   send = require('@polka/send-type'),
+  config = require('config'),
+  Minio = require('minio'),
   { Assert, ObjectUtil } = require('mbjs-utils')
 
 module.exports.setupArchives = (api, mapService, annotationService) => {
@@ -31,8 +33,8 @@ module.exports.setupArchives = (api, mapService, annotationService) => {
       await annotationService.findHandler(request, async result => {
         if (result.error) return send(res, result.code)
         data.annotations = result.data.items
-        const fileId = await exports.createArchive(data)
-        send(res, 200, fileId)
+        const url = await exports.createArchive(data)
+        send(res, 200, url)
       })
     })
   })
@@ -166,7 +168,14 @@ module.exports.createArchive = async (data) => {
       })
   })
 
-  return path.basename(data.map.uuid)
+  const opts = Object.assign({}, config.assets.client)
+  opts.useSSL = config.assets.client.useSSL && (config.assets.client.useSSL === true || config.assets.client.useSSL === 'true')
+  opts.port = config.assets.client.port ? parseInt(config.assets.client.port) : undefined
+  const minioClient = new Minio.Client(opts)
+  await minioClient.fPutObject(config.assets.archivesBucket, path.basename(archivePath), archivePath, { 'Content-Type': 'application/zip' })
+  const url = await minioClient.presignedGetObject(config.assets.archivesBucket, path.basename(archivePath))
+
+  return url
 }
 
 module.exports.readArchive = archivePath => {