diff --git a/backend/synthesis/synthesis.py b/backend/synthesis/synthesis.py
index 0af239a1..d5f0e53f 100644
--- a/backend/synthesis/synthesis.py
+++ b/backend/synthesis/synthesis.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     'ObjectDetector': 'utils/models/yolov3/*'
 }
 
+PROJECT_FILE_EXTENSION = '.vc3'
 
 def get_number_or_default(num, default):
     try:
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ def synthesize(data: dict) -> Tuple[str, BytesIO]:
     zipfile = syntesize_extras(zipfile)
 
     # Project name (zipfile name) 
-    project_name = f"{data['package']['name']}.zip" if data['package']['name'] != '' else 'Project.zip'
+    project_name = f"{data['package']['name']}" if data['package']['name'] != '' else 'Project'
+
+    # Add the .vc3 file to the built application, this will let us easily load the project in Visual Circuit
+    zipfile.append(project_name + PROJECT_FILE_EXTENSION, json.dumps(data))
+    # .zip is required for the name of the full package
+    project_name += '.zip'
 
     return project_name, zipfile.get_zip()
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