diff --git a/backend/src/monarch_py/api/entity.py b/backend/src/monarch_py/api/entity.py
index 500f56897..353fd119b 100644
--- a/backend/src/monarch_py/api/entity.py
+++ b/backend/src/monarch_py/api/entity.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+from io import StringIO
 from typing import List, Union
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, Path, Query
+from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 
 from monarch_py.api.additional_models import PaginationParams
 from monarch_py.api.config import solr
 from monarch_py.api.additional_models import OutputFormat
 from monarch_py.datamodels.model import AssociationTableResults, Node
 from monarch_py.datamodels.category_enums import AssociationCategory
-from monarch_py.utils.format_utils import to_tsv
+from monarch_py.utils.format_utils import to_json, to_tsv
 
 router = APIRouter(tags=["entity"], responses={404: {"description": "Not Found"}})
 
@@ -69,6 +71,11 @@ def _association_table(
         title="Output format for the response",
         examples=["json", "tsv"],
     ),
+    download=Query(
+        default=False,
+        title="Download the results as a file",
+        examples=[True, False],
+    ),
 ) -> Union[AssociationTableResults, str]:
     """
     Retrieves association table data for a given entity and association type
@@ -85,6 +92,18 @@ def _association_table(
     response = solr().get_association_table(
         entity=id, category=category.value, q=query, sort=sort, offset=pagination.offset, limit=pagination.limit
     )
+    if download:
+        string_response = (
+            to_tsv(response, print_output=False)
+            if format == OutputFormat.tsv
+            else to_json(response, print_output=False)
+        )
+        stream = StringIO(string_response)
+        response = StreamingResponse(
+            stream, media_type="text/csv" if format == OutputFormat.tsv else "application/json"
+        )
+        response.headers["Content-Disposition"] = f"attachment; filename=assoc-table-{id}.{format.value}"
+        return response
     if format == OutputFormat.json:
         return response
     elif format == OutputFormat.tsv:
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/associations.ts b/frontend/src/api/associations.ts
index dc2f814de..7c8a4d6c6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/associations.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/associations.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,37 @@ export const getAssociations = async (
   return response;
 };
 
+/** max rows supported in single download */
+export const maxDownload = 500;
+
+/** get associations between a node and a category */
+export const downloadAssociations = async (
+  nodeId = "",
+  associationCategory = "",
+  search?: string,
+  sort: Sort = null,
+) => {
+  /** make query params */
+  const params = {
+    limit: maxDownload,
+    query: search || "",
+    sort: sort
+      ? `${sort.key} ${sort.direction === "up" ? "asc" : "desc"}`
+      : null,
+    download: true,
+    format: "tsv",
+  };
+
+  /** make query */
+  const url = `${apiUrl}/entity/${nodeId}/${associationCategory}`;
+  await request(url, params, {}, "text", true);
+};
+
 /** get top few associations */
 export const getTopAssociations = async (
   nodeId = "",
   associationCategory = "",
 ) => await getAssociations(nodeId, associationCategory, 0, 5);
+
+/** maximum associations downloadable at once */
+export const downloadLimit = 500;
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/index.ts b/frontend/src/api/index.ts
index 1824fd95d..b774fac87 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/index.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ export const request = async <Response>(
    * { id: [1,2,3] } -> ?id=1&id=2&id=3
    */
   params: Params = {},
-  /** fetch options */
+  /** fetch/request options */
   options: RequestInit = {},
   /** parse response mode */
   parse: "text" | "json" = "json",
+  /** whether open request url in new tab */
+  newTab = false,
 ): Promise<Response> => {
   /** get string of url parameters/options */
   const paramsObject = new URLSearchParams();
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ export const request = async <Response>(
   const paramsString = "?" + paramsObject.toString();
   const url = path + paramsString;
 
+  if (newTab) window.open(url);
+
   /** make request object */
   const request = new Request(url, options);
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/node/AssociationsTable.vue b/frontend/src/pages/node/AssociationsTable.vue
index bc5df3448..2845d06d3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/node/AssociationsTable.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/node/AssociationsTable.vue
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
-import { getAssociations } from "@/api/associations";
+import {
+  downloadAssociations,
+  getAssociations,
+  maxDownload,
+} from "@/api/associations";
 import { getCategoryLabel } from "@/api/categories";
 import {
   AssociationDirectionEnum,
@@ -108,7 +112,6 @@ import type { Cols, Sort } from "@/components/AppTable.vue";
 import { snackbar } from "@/components/TheSnackbar.vue";
 import { getBreadcrumbs } from "@/pages/node/AssociationsSummary.vue";
 import { useQuery } from "@/util/composables";
-import { downloadJson } from "@/util/download";
 
 type Props = {
   /** current node */
@@ -276,26 +279,23 @@ const {
 
 /** download table data */
 async function download() {
-  /** max rows to try to query */
-  const max = 100;
-  const total = associations.value.total;
-
   /** warn user */
   snackbar(
-    `Downloading data for ${total > max ? "first " : ""}${Math.min(
-      total,
-      max,
-    )} table entries.` + (total >= 100 ? " This may take a minute." : ""),
+    `Downloading data for ${
+      associations.value.total > maxDownload ? "first " : ""
+    }${Math.min(
+      associations.value.total,
+      maxDownload,
+    )} table rows. This may take a minute.`,
   );
 
-  /** attempt to request all rows */
-  const response = await getAssociations(
+  /** download as many rows as possible */
+  await downloadAssociations(
     props.node.id,
     props.category.id,
-    0,
-    max,
+    search.value,
+    sort.value,
   );
-  downloadJson(response, "associations");
 }
 
 /** get associations when category or table state changes */
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/node/SectionOverview.vue b/frontend/src/pages/node/SectionOverview.vue
index c89b3f942..75096575a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/node/SectionOverview.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/node/SectionOverview.vue
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import type { info } from "console";
 import { computed } from "vue";
 import { omit } from "lodash";
 import type { Node } from "@/api/model";