diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index fb56386..d504bb5 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import KeycodePicker from "@/components/KeycodePicker";
 import LayerSelector from "@/components/LayerSelector";
 import Toolbar from "@/components/Toolbar";
 import { parseViaDefinition } from "@/lib/parser";
-import { createDefaultKeymap, exportKeymap, importKeymap, downloadJson } from "@/lib/keymap";
+import { createDefaultKeymap, exportKeymap, exportToVIA, importAnyKeymap, downloadJson } from "@/lib/keymap";
 import { ParsedLayout, Keymap, KeyboardDefinition } from "@/types/keyboard";
 
 import defaultKb from "../../keyboards/60-percent.json";
@@ -37,25 +37,36 @@ export default function Home() {
     [selectedKey, activeLayer]
   );
 
-  const handleExport = useCallback(() => {
-    const json = exportKeymap("My Keymap", kbName, keymap);
-    downloadJson(json, "keymap.json");
+  const handleExportVIA = useCallback(() => {
+    try {
+      const json = exportToVIA(keymap);
+      downloadJson(json, "via-keymap.json");
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+      alert("Failed to export VIA keymap")
+    }
+  }, [keymap]);
+
+  const handleExportKeylab = useCallback(() => {
+    try {
+      const json = exportKeymap("My Keymap", kbName, keymap);
+      downloadJson(json, "zumap-keymap.json");
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+      alert("Failed to export keymap")
+    }
   }, [keymap, kbName]);
 
   const handleImport = useCallback(
     (json: string) => {
       try {
-        const file = importKeymap(json);
-        // Pad layers to 4 if needed
-        while (file.layers.length < 4) {
-          file.layers.push(
-            Array.from({ length: layout.keys.length }, () => "KC_NO")
-          );
-        }
-        setKeymap(file.layers);
+        const layers = importAnyKeymap(json, layout.keys.length);
+        
+        setKeymap(layers);
         setSelectedKey(null);
         setActiveLayer(0);
       } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e);
         alert("Invalid keymap file");
       }
     },
@@ -98,7 +109,8 @@ export default function Home() {
           </p>
         </div>
         <Toolbar
-          onExport={handleExport}
+          onExportVIA={handleExportVIA}
+          onExportKeylab={handleExportKeylab}
           onImport={handleImport}
           onLoadKeyboard={handleLoadKeyboard}
         />
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar.tsx b/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
index 2653170..4a3104f 100644
--- a/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import { useRef } from "react";
 
 interface Props {
-  onExport: () => void;
+  onExportVIA: () => void;
+  onExportKeylab: () => void;
   onImport: (json: string) => void;
   onLoadKeyboard: (json: string) => void;
 }
 
-export default function Toolbar({ onExport, onImport, onLoadKeyboard }: Props) {
+export default function Toolbar({ onExportVIA, onExportKeylab, onImport, onLoadKeyboard }: Props) {
   const keymapInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const kbInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
@@ -27,11 +28,19 @@ export default function Toolbar({ onExport, onImport, onLoadKeyboard }: Props) {
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
       <button
-        onClick={onExport}
+        onClick={onExportVIA}
         className="rounded bg-indigo-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-indigo-500 transition-colors"
       >
-        Export Keymap
+        Export VIA
       </button>
+
+      <button
+        onClick={onExportKeylab}
+        className="rounded bg-zinc-700 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-white hover:bg-indigo-500 transition-colors"
+      >
+        Export Keylab
+      </button>
+
       <button
         onClick={() => keymapInputRef.current?.click()}
         className="rounded bg-zinc-700 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-zinc-200 hover:bg-zinc-600 transition-colors"
diff --git a/src/lib/keymap.ts b/src/lib/keymap.ts
index 0aec43d..4916463 100644
--- a/src/lib/keymap.ts
+++ b/src/lib/keymap.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ export function createDefaultKeymap(layout: ParsedLayout): Keymap {
   );
 }
 
+function trimEmptyLayers(layers: Keymap): Keymap {
+  const trimmed = layers.filter(layer =>
+    layer.some(key => key !== "KC_NO")
+  );
+
+  return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : layers.slice(0,1);
+}
+
+/** Export to VIA format */
+export function exportToVIA(layers: Keymap): string {
+  if (!Array.isArray(layers)) {
+    throw new Error("Invalid keymap format")
+  }
+
+  //validating again
+  validateLayers(layers)
+
+  const viaFormat = {
+    version: 1,
+    layers: trimEmptyLayers(layers),
+  }
+
+  return JSON.stringify(viaFormat, null, 2);
+}
+
 /** Export keymap as a downloadable JSON file */
 export function exportKeymap(
   name: string,
@@ -23,13 +48,64 @@ export function exportKeymap(
   return JSON.stringify(file, null, 2);
 }
 
-/** Parse an imported keymap JSON string */
-export function importKeymap(json: string): KeymapFile {
-  const parsed = JSON.parse(json);
-  if (!parsed.layers || !Array.isArray(parsed.layers)) {
-    throw new Error("Invalid keymap file: missing layers array");
+/** Detect what type of JSON is being imported and then update */
+
+export function importAnyKeymap(
+  json: string,
+  keyCount: number
+): Keymap {
+  let parsed;
+
+  try { 
+    parsed = JSON.parse(json);
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error("Invalid JSON.");
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(parsed.layers)) {
+    validateLayers(parsed.layers);
+    
+    // Normalization logic
+    const normalizedLayers: Keymap = parsed.layers.map((layer: string[]) => {
+      const result = [...layer];
+      while (result.length < keyCount) {
+       result.push("KC_NO");
+      }
+
+      return result.slice(0, keyCount);
+    })
+
+    // Ensure minimum layers
+    while (normalizedLayers.length < NUM_LAYERS) {
+      normalizedLayers.push(
+        Array.from({ length: keyCount }, () => "KC_NO")
+      );
+    }
+
+    return normalizedLayers;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error("Invalid keymap format");
+}
+
+/** Function to validate the layers of the JSON file */
+
+function validateLayers(layers: unknown): asserts layers is Keymap {
+  if (!Array.isArray(layers)) {
+    throw new Error("Layers must be an array");
+  }
+
+  for (const layer of layers) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(layer)) {
+      throw new Error("Each layer must be an array");
+    }
+
+    for (const key of layer) {
+      if (typeof key !== "string") {
+        throw new Error("Keycodes must be strings");
+      }
+    }
   }
-  return parsed as KeymapFile;
 }
 
 /** Download a string as a file */