diff --git a/src/common/compute/interactive/message.js b/src/common/compute/interactive/message.js
index a52a50927..6ef99d9d3 100644
--- a/src/common/compute/interactive/message.js
+++ b/src/common/compute/interactive/message.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     }
 }(this, function() {
     const Constants = makeEnum('STDOUT', 'STDERR', 'RUN', 'ADD_ARTIFACT', 'KILL',
-        'ADD_FILE', 'REMOVE_FILE', 'ADD_USER_DATA', 'COMPLETE', 'ERROR', 'SET_ENV');
+        'ADD_FILE', 'REMOVE_FILE', 'ADD_USER_DATA', 'COMPLETE', 'ERROR', 'SET_ENV',
+        'SAVE_ARTIFACT');
 
     function makeEnum() {
         const names = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
diff --git a/src/common/compute/interactive/session-with-queue.js b/src/common/compute/interactive/session-with-queue.js
index a028fac70..c402900a3 100644
--- a/src/common/compute/interactive/session-with-queue.js
+++ b/src/common/compute/interactive/session-with-queue.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ define([
 
         async runTask(task) {
             const queuedTask = this.queueTask(task);
-            await queuedTask.promise;
+            return await queuedTask.promise;
         }
 
         queueTask(task) {
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ define([
 
         async runNextTask() {
             const queuedTask = this.tasks[0];
-            await super.runTask(queuedTask.unwrap());
+            const result = await super.runTask(queuedTask.unwrap());
             this.tasks.shift();
-            queuedTask.resolve();
+            queuedTask.resolve(result);
             this.checkTaskQueue();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/common/compute/interactive/session.js b/src/common/compute/interactive/session.js
index 97825c84d..47c179ce2 100644
--- a/src/common/compute/interactive/session.js
+++ b/src/common/compute/interactive/session.js
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ define([
             this.ensureIdle('run task');
 
             this.currentTask = task;
-            await task.run();
+            const result = await task.run();
             this.currentTask = null;
             this.checkReady();
+            return result;
         }
 
         async whenConnected() {
@@ -128,12 +129,24 @@ define([
         }
 
         async addArtifact(name, dataInfo, type, auth) {
+            auth = auth || {};
             this.ensureIdle('add artifact');
             const msg = new Message(Message.ADD_ARTIFACT, [name, dataInfo, type, auth]);
             const task = new Task(this.channel, msg);
             await this.runTask(task);
         }
 
+        async saveArtifact(/*path, name, storageId, config*/) {
+            this.ensureIdle('save artifact');
+            const msg = new Message(Message.SAVE_ARTIFACT, [...arguments]);
+            const task = new Task(this.channel, msg);
+            const [exitCode, dataInfo] = await this.runTask(task);
+            if (exitCode) {
+                throw new CommandFailedError('saveArtifact', {exitCode});
+            }
+            return dataInfo;
+        }
+
         async addFile(filepath, content) {
             this.ensureIdle('add file');
             const msg = new Message(Message.ADD_FILE, [filepath, content]);
diff --git a/src/common/compute/interactive/task.js b/src/common/compute/interactive/task.js
index c68f35444..449c221c2 100644
--- a/src/common/compute/interactive/task.js
+++ b/src/common/compute/interactive/task.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ define([
                 this.emitMessage(msg);
                 if (msg.type === Message.COMPLETE) {
                     this.channel.unlisten(handler);
-                    deferred.resolve();
+                    deferred.resolve(msg.data);
                 }
             };
             this.channel.listen(handler);
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ define([
         }
 
         emitMessage(msg) {
-            this.emit(msg.type, msg.data);
+            if (msg.type === Message.COMPLETE) {
+                this.emit(msg.type, ...msg.data);
+            } else {
+                this.emit(msg.type, msg.data);
+            }
         }
 
         static async getMessageData(wsMsg) {
diff --git a/src/routers/InteractiveCompute/job-files/start.js b/src/routers/InteractiveCompute/job-files/start.js
index 10239e443..7494098af 100644
--- a/src/routers/InteractiveCompute/job-files/start.js
+++ b/src/routers/InteractiveCompute/job-files/start.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class InteractiveClient {
         if (msg.type === Message.RUN) {
             const [cmd, ...opts] = InteractiveClient.parseCommand(msg.data);
             this.subprocess = spawn(cmd, opts);
-            this.subprocess.on('exit', code => this.sendMessage(Message.COMPLETE, code));
+            this.subprocess.on('exit', code => this.sendMessage(Message.COMPLETE, [code]));
             this.subprocess.stdout.on('data', data => this.sendMessage(Message.STDOUT, data));
             this.subprocess.stderr.on('data', data => this.sendMessage(Message.STDERR, data));
         } else if (msg.type === Message.KILL) {
@@ -46,15 +46,31 @@ class InteractiveClient {
                 Utils,
             ) => {
                 const {Storage} = Utils;
-
-                async function saveArtifact() {
-                    const client = await Storage.getClient(dataInfo.backend, null, config);
+                const fetchArtifact = async () => {
+                    const client = await Storage.getClient(dataInfo.backend, undefined, config);
                     const dataPath = path.join(...dirs.concat('data'));
                     const stream = await client.getFileStream(dataInfo);
                     await pipeline(stream, fs.createWriteStream(dataPath));
                     const filePath = path.join(...dirs.concat('__init__.py'));
                     await fsp.writeFile(filePath, initFile(name, type));
-                }
+                };
+
+                this.runTask(fetchArtifact);
+            });
+        } else if (msg.type === Message.SAVE_ARTIFACT) {
+            const [filepath, name, backend, config={}] = msg.data;
+            requirejs([
+                './utils.build',
+            ], (
+                Utils,
+            ) => {
+                const {Storage} = Utils;
+                const saveArtifact = async () => {
+                    const client = await Storage.getClient(backend, null, config);
+                    const stream = await fs.createReadStream(filepath);
+                    const dataInfo = await client.putFileStream(name, stream);
+                    return dataInfo;
+                };
 
                 this.runTask(saveArtifact);
             });
@@ -76,7 +92,7 @@ class InteractiveClient {
                 await fsp.unlink(filepath);
             });
         } else {
-            this.sendMessage(Message.COMPLETE, 2);
+            this.sendMessage(Message.COMPLETE, [2]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -99,13 +115,14 @@ class InteractiveClient {
 
     async runTask(fn) {
         let exitCode = 0;
+        let result;
         try {
-            await fn();
+            result = await fn();
         } catch (err) {
             exitCode = 1;
             console.log('Task failed with error:', err);
         }
-        this.sendMessage(Message.COMPLETE, exitCode);
+        this.sendMessage(Message.COMPLETE, [exitCode, result]);
     }
 
     static parseCommand(cmd) {
diff --git a/test/integration/InteractiveCompute.js b/test/integration/InteractiveCompute.js
index f99b634b1..f459d8b2a 100644
--- a/test/integration/InteractiveCompute.js
+++ b/test/integration/InteractiveCompute.js
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ describe('InteractiveCompute', function() {
         sleep(100).then(() => session.kill(task));
     });
 
+    it('should save artifacts', async function() {
+        await session.exec('node -e \'fs.writeFileSync("test.txt", "hi")\'');
+        const dataInfo = await session.saveArtifact('test.txt', 'test', 'gme');
+        assert.equal(dataInfo.backend, 'gme');
+        assert(dataInfo.data);
+    });
+
     function sleep(duration) {
         return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, duration));
     }