# Plugin doesn't save in .lottie **URL:** \ **Category:** Lottie Plugins\ **Created:** [April 6, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/plugin-doesnt-save-in-lottie/2564 "2022-04-06T18:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalifemme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/dalifemme/32/1831_2.png) [@dalifemme](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/dalifemme)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/plugin-doesnt-save-in-lottie/2564/1 "2022-04-06T18:17:02Z")
I have After Effects 2019. Plugin works, it saves my files in .json, but when I try to save in .lottie, file just didn’t appear. What can cause that? ---
**Author:** ![irbypace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/irbypace/32/3165_2.png) [@irbypace](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/irbypace)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/plugin-doesnt-save-in-lottie/2564/2 "2022-04-07T14:38:56Z")
Are you trying to just export the file? The JSON is the format you want. ---
**Author:** ![dalifemme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/dalifemme/32/1831_2.png) [@dalifemme](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/dalifemme)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/plugin-doesnt-save-in-lottie/2564/3 "2022-04-07T16:34:16Z")
Thank you! I’ve figured it out! ---
**Author:** ![peter2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/peter2/32/2220_2.png) [@peter2](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/peter2)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/plugin-doesnt-save-in-lottie/2564/4 "2022-07-19T14:29:31Z")
@dalifemme Please, can you explain, how did you solve the problem? I have the same issue, in some cases I can save the animation only as .json, saving as .lottie does not do anything.