diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63cd83d..1833f77 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ privatedev/config/*/history/
 privatedev/config/*/obsconfig.p
 src/core/pyros_django/obsconfig/fixtures/obsconfig.p
 src/core/pyros_django/obsconfig/fixtures/history/*
-
+src/core/pyros_django/sequences_pickle/
 src/core/guitastro
 
 # Token file created by pyros_api.py
diff --git a/src/core/pyros_django/routine_manager/views.py b/src/core/pyros_django/routine_manager/views.py
index 4cb051f..e32c530 100644
--- a/src/core/pyros_django/routine_manager/views.py
+++ b/src/core/pyros_django/routine_manager/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
+import pickle
 from src.pyros_logger import log
 from pprint import pprint
 import mimetypes
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import ast
 import os
 import datetime
 
+from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
 from src.core.pyros_django.obsconfig.obsconfig_class import OBSConfig
 from .forms import RequestForm, SequenceForm, AlbumForm, PlanForm, uneditablePlanForm
 from .validators import check_plan_validity, check_album_validity, check_sequence_validity, check_request_validity
@@ -250,6 +252,23 @@ def unsubmit_sequence(request, seq_id):
     messages.add_message(request,messages.INFO,message)
     return redirect(action_sequence, seq_id, "view")
     
+def create_sequence_pickle(sequence):
+    seq_dict = model_to_dict(sequence)
+    fullseq_dict = {
+        "sequence":seq_dict,
+        "albums": {}
+    }
+    for album in sequence.albums.all():
+        fullseq_dict["albums"][album.name] = {"plans" : []}
+        for plan in album.plans.all():
+            fullseq_dict["albums"][f"{album.name}"]["plans"].append(model_to_dict(instance=plan))
+    period = sequence.period
+    if not os.path.exists("sequences_pickle"):
+        os.mkdir("./sequences_pickle")
+    if not os.path.exists(f"sequences_pickle/P{period.id}"):
+        os.mkdir(f"sequences_pickle/P{period.id}")
+    seq_pickle_file_name = f"./sequences_pickle/P{period.id}/{sequence.name}.p"
+    pickle.dump(fullseq_dict,open(seq_pickle_file_name,"wb"))
 
 @login_required
 @level_required("Admin", "Unit-PI", "Observer")
@@ -316,6 +335,7 @@ def sequence_validate(request, seq_id):
                 seq.status = Sequence.TOBEPLANNED
                 seq.save()
                 message = "Sequence submitted"
+                create_sequence_pickle(seq)
                 messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO, message)
                 log.info(
                     f"User {request.user} did action submit sequence {seq} for period {seq.period} ")
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