diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_blacklist/mod_blacklist.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_blacklist/mod_blacklist.c
index bb2cd7828e..39db253396 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_blacklist/mod_blacklist.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_blacklist/mod_blacklist.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ static switch_status_t do_config(switch_bool_t reload)
 	"blacklist check <listname> <item>\n"	\
 	"blacklist add <listname> <item>\n"	\
 	"blacklist del <listname> <item>\n"	\
+	"blacklist save <listname>\n"   \
 	"blacklist reload\n"			\
 	"blacklist help\n"
 
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(blacklist_api_function)
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "Removed [%s] from list [%s]\n", argv[2], argv[1]);
 		switch_mutex_unlock(bl->list_mutex);
 		stream->write_function(stream, "+OK\n");
-	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "dump"))  {
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "save"))  {
 		switch_hash_index_t *hi;
 		void *val;
 		const void *var;
@@ -276,15 +277,19 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(blacklist_api_function)
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "Dumping %s to %s\n", argv[1], filename);
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "Saving %s to %s\n", argv[1], filename);
 		
 		switch_mutex_lock(globals.lists_mutex);
-		if (switch_file_open(&fd, filename, SWITCH_FOPEN_WRITE, SWITCH_FPROT_UREAD | SWITCH_FPROT_UWRITE, globals.pool) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		if (switch_file_open(&fd, filename, SWITCH_FOPEN_WRITE | SWITCH_FOPEN_TRUNCATE | SWITCH_FOPEN_CREATE, SWITCH_FPROT_OS_DEFAULT, globals.pool)
+			== SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			for (hi = switch_hash_first(NULL, bl->list); hi; hi = switch_hash_next(hi)) {
 				switch_hash_this(hi, &var, NULL, &val);
 				switch_file_printf(fd, "%s\n", (char *)var);
+				switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "adding %s to the dump file\n", (char *)var);
 			}
 			stream->write_function(stream, "+OK\n");			
+		} else {
+			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "couldn't open %s for writing\n", filename);
 		}
 		switch_mutex_unlock(globals.lists_mutex);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "reload"))  {