diff --git a/include/nledl.h b/include/nledl.h
index b55bcac37..861e37898 100644
--- a/include/nledl.h
+++ b/include/nledl.h
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ void nle_end(nledl_ctx *);
 void nle_set_seed(nledl_ctx *, unsigned long, unsigned long, char);
 void nle_get_seed(nledl_ctx *, unsigned long *, unsigned long *, char *);
 
+int nle_save(nledl_ctx *);
+
 #endif /* NLEDL_H */
diff --git a/nle/env/base.py b/nle/env/base.py
index bdda5d3d2..9b6276a3a 100644
--- a/nle/env/base.py
+++ b/nle/env/base.py
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ def __init__(
         allow_all_modes=False,
         spawn_monsters=True,
         render_mode="human",
+        gamesavedir=None,
+        gameloaddir=None,
     ):
         """Constructs a new NLE environment.
 
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@ def __init__(
             wizard=wizard,
             spawn_monsters=spawn_monsters,
             scoreprefix=scoreprefix,
+            gamesavedir=gamesavedir,
+            gameloaddir=gameloaddir,
         )
         self._close_nethack = weakref.finalize(self, self.nethack.close)
 
@@ -545,6 +549,9 @@ def render(self):
 
         return "\nInvalid render mode: " + mode
 
+    def save(self, gamesavedir=None):
+        return self.nethack.save(gamesavedir=gamesavedir)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s>" % self.__class__.__name__
 
diff --git a/nle/nethack/nethack.py b/nle/nethack/nethack.py
index d0e2091ed..793a15477 100644
--- a/nle/nethack/nethack.py
+++ b/nle/nethack/nethack.py
@@ -96,15 +96,20 @@ def _new_dl_linux(vardir):
 
 def _new_dl(vardir):
     """Creates a copied .so file to allow for multiple independent NLE instances"""
-    if sys.platform == "linux":
-        return _new_dl_linux(vardir)
+    # if sys.platform == "linux":
+    #     return _new_dl_linux(vardir)
 
     # MacOS has no memfd_create or O_TMPFILE. Using /dev/fd/{FD} as an argument
     # to dlopen doesn't work after unlinking from the file system. So let's copy
     # instead and hope vardir gets properly deleted at some point.
-    dl = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix="libnethack.so", dir=vardir)
+    # dl = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix="libnethack.so", dir=vardir)
+    # shutil.copyfile(DLPATH, dl.name)  # Might use fcopyfile.
+    # return dl, dl.name
+
+    dlpath = os.path.join(vardir, "libnethack.so")
+    dl = open(dlpath, "w")
     shutil.copyfile(DLPATH, dl.name)  # Might use fcopyfile.
-    return dl, dl.name
+    return dl, dlpath
 
 
 def _close(pynethack, dl, tempdir, warn=True):
@@ -168,7 +173,11 @@ def __init__(
         hackdir=HACKDIR,
         spawn_monsters=True,
         scoreprefix="",
+        gamesavedir=None,
+        gameloaddir=None,
     ):
+        self.gamesavedir = gamesavedir
+        self.gameloaddir = gameloaddir
         self._copy = copy
 
         if not os.path.exists(hackdir) or not os.path.exists(
@@ -182,24 +191,31 @@ def __init__(
         self._tempdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="nle")
         self._vardir = self._tempdir.name
 
-        # Symlink a nhdat.
-        os.symlink(os.path.join(hackdir, "nhdat"), os.path.join(self._vardir, "nhdat"))
+        if self.gameloaddir:
+            # restore files (save) from directory
+            shutil.copytree(self.gameloaddir, self._vardir, dirs_exist_ok=True)
 
-        # Touch files, so lock_file() in files.c passes.
-        for fn in ["perm", "record", "logfile"]:
-            os.close(os.open(os.path.join(self._vardir, fn), os.O_CREAT))
-        if scoreprefix:
-            os.close(os.open(scoreprefix + "xlogfile", os.O_CREAT))
+            self.dlpath = os.path.join(self._vardir, "libnethack.so")
+            self._dl = open(self.dlpath, "r")
         else:
-            os.close(os.open(os.path.join(self._vardir, "xlogfile"), os.O_CREAT))
+            # Symlink a nhdat.
+            os.symlink(os.path.join(hackdir, "nhdat"), os.path.join(self._vardir, "nhdat"))
+
+            # Touch files, so lock_file() in files.c passes.
+            for fn in ["perm", "record", "logfile"]:
+                os.close(os.open(os.path.join(self._vardir, fn), os.O_CREAT))
+            if scoreprefix:
+                os.close(os.open(scoreprefix + "xlogfile", os.O_CREAT))
+            else:
+                os.close(os.open(os.path.join(self._vardir, "xlogfile"), os.O_CREAT))
 
-        os.mkdir(os.path.join(self._vardir, "save"))
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(self._vardir, "save"))
 
-        # An assortment of hacks:
-        #   Copy our .so into self._vardir to load several copies of the dl.
-        #   (Or use a memfd_create hack to create a file that gets deleted on
-        #    process exit.)
-        self._dl, self.dlpath = _new_dl(self._vardir)
+            # An assortment of hacks:
+            # Copy our .so into self._vardir to load several copies of the dl.
+            # (Or use a memfd_create hack to create a file that gets deleted on
+            # process exit.)
+            self._dl, self.dlpath = _new_dl(self._vardir)
 
         # Finalize even when the rest of this constructor fails.
         self._finalizer = weakref.finalize(self, _close, None, self._dl, self._tempdir)
@@ -323,3 +339,15 @@ def in_normal_game(self):
 
     def how_done(self):
         return self._pynethack.how_done()
+
+    def save(self, gamesavedir=None):
+        if gamesavedir:
+            savedir = gamesavedir
+        else:
+            savedir = self.gamesavedir
+
+        assert savedir is not None
+
+        success = self._pynethack.save()
+        shutil.copytree(self._vardir, savedir, dirs_exist_ok=True)
+        return success
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nle/tests/test_envs.py b/nle/tests/test_envs.py
index b81267ff5..7b3621e42 100644
--- a/nle/tests/test_envs.py
+++ b/nle/tests/test_envs.py
@@ -340,7 +340,26 @@ def test_render_ansi(self, env_name, rollout_len):
             assert isinstance(output, str)
             assert len(output.replace("\n", "")) == np.prod(nle.env.DUNGEON_SHAPE)
 
-
+    def test_save_and_load(self, env_name, rollout_len):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as gamesavedir:
+            env = gym.make(env_name, gamesavedir=gamesavedir)
+        
+            obs = env.reset()
+            for _ in range(rollout_len):
+                action = env.action_space.sample()
+                obs, _, done, _ = env.step(action)
+                if done:
+                    obs = env.reset()
+            
+            env.save()
+
+            env = gym.make(env_name, gameloaddir=gamesavedir)
+            obsload = env.reset()
+
+            assert (obsload["blstats"] == obs["blstats"]).all()
+            assert (obsload["glyphs"] == obs["glyphs"]).all()
+
+        
 class TestGymDynamics:
     """Tests a few game dynamics."""
 
diff --git a/sys/unix/nledl.c b/sys/unix/nledl.c
index 53de50263..acfca21cd 100644
--- a/sys/unix/nledl.c
+++ b/sys/unix/nledl.c
@@ -150,3 +150,16 @@ nle_get_seed(nledl_ctx *nledl, unsigned long *core, unsigned long *disp,
     get_seed(nledl->nle_ctx, core, disp, reseed);
 }
 #endif
+
+
+int 
+nle_save(nledl_ctx *nledl)
+{   
+    int success;
+    void *(*dosave0)();
+
+    dosave0 = dlsym(nledl->dlhandle, "dosave0");
+    success = dosave0();
+
+    return success;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/win/rl/pynethack.cc b/win/rl/pynethack.cc
index 8d045683e..d3779c44d 100644
--- a/win/rl/pynethack.cc
+++ b/win/rl/pynethack.cc
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ checked_conversion(py::handle h, const std::vector<ssize_t> &shape)
 class Nethack
 {
   public:
+    int save() {
+        return nle_save(nle_);
+    }
+
     Nethack(std::string dlpath, std::string ttyrec, std::string hackdir,
             std::string nethackoptions, bool spawn_monsters,
             std::string scoreprefix)
@@ -404,6 +408,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_pynethack, m)
         .def("get_seeds", &Nethack::get_seeds)
         .def("in_normal_game", &Nethack::in_normal_game)
         .def("how_done", &Nethack::how_done)
+        .def("save", &Nethack::save)
         .def("set_wizkit", &Nethack::set_wizkit);
 
     py::module mn = m.def_submodule(