diff --git a/core/server/api/index.js b/core/server/api/index.js
index cc829753dc..d7879d0848 100644
--- a/core/server/api/index.js
+++ b/core/server/api/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var _ = require('lodash'),
     settings = require('./settings'),
     tags = require('./tags'),
     invites = require('./invites'),
+    redirects = require('./redirects'),
     clients = require('./clients'),
     users = require('./users'),
     slugs = require('./slugs'),
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ var _ = require('lodash'),
     cacheInvalidationHeader,
     locationHeader,
     contentDispositionHeaderExport,
-    contentDispositionHeaderSubscribers;
+    contentDispositionHeaderSubscribers,
+    contentDispositionHeaderRedirects;
 
 function isActiveThemeUpdate(method, endpoint, result) {
     if (endpoint === 'themes') {
@@ -169,6 +171,10 @@ contentDispositionHeaderSubscribers = function contentDispositionHeaderSubscribe
     return Promise.resolve('Attachment; filename="subscribers.' + datetime + '.csv"');
 };
 
+contentDispositionHeaderRedirects = function contentDispositionHeaderRedirects() {
+    return Promise.resolve('Attachment; filename="redirects.json"');
+};
+
 addHeaders = function addHeaders(apiMethod, req, res, result) {
     var cacheInvalidation,
         location,
@@ -210,6 +216,18 @@ addHeaders = function addHeaders(apiMethod, req, res, result) {
             });
     }
 
+    // Add Redirects Content-Disposition Header
+    if (apiMethod === redirects.download) {
+        contentDisposition = contentDispositionHeaderRedirects()
+            .then(function contentDispositionHeaderRedirects(header) {
+                res.set({
+                    'Content-Disposition': header,
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                    'Content-Length': JSON.stringify(result).length
+                });
+            });
+    }
+
     return contentDisposition;
 };
 
@@ -293,7 +311,8 @@ module.exports = {
     uploads: uploads,
     slack: slack,
     themes: themes,
-    invites: invites
+    invites: invites,
+    redirects: redirects
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/server/api/redirects.js b/core/server/api/redirects.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0df7ec10af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/api/redirects.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs'),
+    Promise = require('bluebird'),
+    path = require('path'),
+    config = require('../config'),
+    errors = require('../errors'),
+    i18n = require('../i18n'),
+    globalUtils = require('../utils'),
+    apiUtils = require('./utils'),
+    customRedirectsMiddleware = require('../middleware/custom-redirects');
+
+let redirectsAPI,
+    _private = {};
+
+_private.readRedirectsFile = function readRedirectsFile(customRedirectsPath) {
+    let redirectsPath = customRedirectsPath || path.join(config.getContentPath('data'), 'redirects.json');
+
+    return Promise.promisify(fs.readFile)(redirectsPath, 'utf-8')
+        .then(function serveContent(content) {
+            try {
+                content = JSON.parse(content);
+            } catch (err) {
+                throw new errors.BadRequestError({
+                    message: i18n.t('errors.general.jsonParse', {context: err.message})
+                });
+            }
+
+            return content;
+        })
+        .catch(function handleError(err) {
+            if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+                return Promise.resolve([]);
+            }
+
+            if (errors.utils.isIgnitionError(err)) {
+                throw err;
+            }
+
+            throw new errors.NotFoundError({
+                err: err
+            });
+        });
+};
+
+redirectsAPI = {
+    download: function download(options) {
+        return apiUtils.handlePermissions('redirects', 'download')(options)
+            .then(function () {
+                return _private.readRedirectsFile();
+            });
+    },
+    upload: function upload(options) {
+        let redirectsPath = path.join(config.getContentPath('data'), 'redirects.json');
+
+        return apiUtils.handlePermissions('redirects', 'upload')(options)
+            .then(function () {
+                return Promise.promisify(fs.unlink)(redirectsPath)
+                    .catch(function handleError(err) {
+                        // CASE: ignore file not found
+                        if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+                            return Promise.resolve();
+                        }
+
+                        throw err;
+                    })
+                    .finally(function overrideFile() {
+                        return _private.readRedirectsFile(options.path)
+                            .then(function (content) {
+                                globalUtils.validateRedirects(content);
+                                return Promise.promisify(fs.writeFile)(redirectsPath, JSON.stringify(content), 'utf-8');
+                            })
+                            .then(function () {
+                                // CASE: trigger that redirects are getting re-registered
+                                customRedirectsMiddleware.reload();
+                            });
+                    });
+            });
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = redirectsAPI;
diff --git a/core/server/api/routes.js b/core/server/api/routes.js
index 729a8ed9d6..c9fc13a38c 100644
--- a/core/server/api/routes.js
+++ b/core/server/api/routes.js
@@ -191,5 +191,14 @@ module.exports = function apiRoutes() {
     apiRouter.post('/invites', mw.authenticatePrivate, api.http(api.invites.add));
     apiRouter.del('/invites/:id', mw.authenticatePrivate, api.http(api.invites.destroy));
 
+    // ## Redirects (JSON based)
+    apiRouter.get('/redirects/json', mw.authenticatePrivate, api.http(api.redirects.download));
+    apiRouter.post('/redirects/json',
+        mw.authenticatePrivate,
+        upload.single('redirects'),
+        validation.upload({type: 'redirects'}),
+        api.http(api.redirects.upload)
+    );
+
     return apiRouter;
 };
diff --git a/core/server/blog/app.js b/core/server/blog/app.js
index 5c08d64fa2..457c4240d5 100644
--- a/core/server/blog/app.js
+++ b/core/server/blog/app.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function setupBlogApp() {
 
     // you can extend Ghost with a custom redirects file
     // see https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/7707
-    customRedirects(blogApp);
+    customRedirects.use(blogApp);
 
     // Static content/assets
     // @TODO make sure all of these have a local 404 error handler
diff --git a/core/server/config/overrides.json b/core/server/config/overrides.json
index b67435b91b..320f825f02 100644
--- a/core/server/config/overrides.json
+++ b/core/server/config/overrides.json
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
         "themes": {
             "extensions": [".zip"],
             "contentTypes": ["application/zip", "application/x-zip-compressed", "application/octet-stream"]
+        },
+        "redirects": {
+            "extensions": [".json"],
+            "contentTypes": ["application/json"]
         }
     },
     "times": {
diff --git a/core/server/data/migrations/versions/1.9/1-add-permissions-redirect.js b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/1.9/1-add-permissions-redirect.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc7c5469d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/data/migrations/versions/1.9/1-add-permissions-redirect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+var _ = require('lodash'),
+    utils = require('../../../schema/fixtures/utils'),
+    permissions = require('../../../../permissions'),
+    logging = require('../../../../logging'),
+    resource = 'redirect',
+    _private = {};
+
+_private.getPermissions = function getPermissions() {
+    return utils.findModelFixtures('Permission', {object_type: resource});
+};
+
+_private.getRelations = function getRelations() {
+    return utils.findPermissionRelationsForObject(resource);
+};
+
+_private.printResult = function printResult(result, message) {
+    if (result.done === result.expected) {
+        logging.info(message);
+    } else {
+        logging.warn('(' + result.done + '/' + result.expected + ') ' + message);
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = function addRedirectsPermissions(options) {
+    var modelToAdd = _private.getPermissions(),
+        relationToAdd = _private.getRelations(),
+        localOptions = _.merge({
+            context: {internal: true}
+        }, options);
+
+    return utils.addFixturesForModel(modelToAdd, localOptions).then(function (result) {
+        _private.printResult(result, 'Adding permissions fixtures for ' + resource + 's');
+        return utils.addFixturesForRelation(relationToAdd, localOptions);
+    }).then(function (result) {
+        _private.printResult(result, 'Adding permissions_roles fixtures for ' + resource + 's');
+    }).then(function () {
+        return permissions.init(localOptions);
+    });
+};
diff --git a/core/server/data/schema/fixtures/fixtures.json b/core/server/data/schema/fixtures/fixtures.json
index bca76c9363..016e98bee7 100644
--- a/core/server/data/schema/fixtures/fixtures.json
+++ b/core/server/data/schema/fixtures/fixtures.json
@@ -411,6 +411,16 @@
                     "name": "Delete invites",
                     "action_type": "destroy",
                     "object_type": "invite"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Download redirects",
+                    "action_type": "download",
+                    "object_type": "redirect"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Upload redirects",
+                    "action_type": "upload",
+                    "object_type": "redirect"
                 }
             ]
         },
@@ -460,7 +470,8 @@
                     "role": "all",
                     "client": "all",
                     "subscriber": "all",
-                    "invite": "all"
+                    "invite": "all",
+                    "redirect": "all"
                 },
                 "Editor": {
                     "post": "all",
diff --git a/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js b/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js
index 8287a48535..fc5c3ce859 100644
--- a/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js
+++ b/core/server/middleware/custom-redirects.js
@@ -1,34 +1,28 @@
 var fs = require('fs-extra'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
+    express = require('express'),
     url = require('url'),
+    path = require('path'),
     debug = require('ghost-ignition').debug('custom-redirects'),
     config = require('../config'),
     errors = require('../errors'),
-    logging = require('../logging');
+    logging = require('../logging'),
+    i18n = require('../i18n'),
+    globalUtils = require('../utils'),
+    customRedirectsRouter,
+    _private = {};
 
-/**
- * you can extend Ghost with a custom redirects file
- * see https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/7707
- * file loads synchronously, because we need to register the routes before anything else
- */
-module.exports = function redirects(blogApp) {
+_private.registerRoutes = function registerRoutes() {
     debug('redirects loading');
+
+    customRedirectsRouter = express.Router();
+
     try {
-        var redirects = fs.readFileSync(config.getContentPath('data') + '/redirects.json', 'utf-8');
+        var redirects = fs.readFileSync(path.join(config.getContentPath('data'), 'redirects.json'), 'utf-8');
         redirects = JSON.parse(redirects);
+        globalUtils.validateRedirects(redirects);
 
         _.each(redirects, function (redirect) {
-            if (!redirect.from || !redirect.to) {
-                logging.warn(new errors.IncorrectUsageError({
-                    message: 'One of your custom redirects is in a wrong format.',
-                    level: 'normal',
-                    help: JSON.stringify(redirect),
-                    context: 'redirects.json'
-                }));
-
-                return;
-            }
-
             /**
              * always delete trailing slashes, doesn't matter if regex or not
              * Example:
@@ -43,7 +37,8 @@ module.exports = function redirects(blogApp) {
                 redirect.from += '\/?$';
             }
 
-            blogApp.get(new RegExp(redirect.from), function (req, res) {
+            debug('register', redirect.from);
+            customRedirectsRouter.get(new RegExp(redirect.from), function (req, res) {
                 var maxAge = redirect.permanent ? config.get('caching:customRedirects:maxAge') : 0,
                     parsedUrl = url.parse(req.originalUrl);
 
@@ -58,13 +53,35 @@ module.exports = function redirects(blogApp) {
             });
         });
     } catch (err) {
-        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+        if (errors.utils.isIgnitionError(err)) {
+            logging.error(err);
+        } else if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
             logging.error(new errors.IncorrectUsageError({
-                message: 'Your redirects.json is broken.',
-                help: 'Check if your JSON is valid.'
+                message: i18n.t('errors.middleware.redirects.register'),
+                context: err.message,
+                help: 'https://docs.ghost.org/docs/redirects'
             }));
         }
     }
 
     debug('redirects loaded');
 };
+
+/**
+ * - you can extend Ghost with a custom redirects file
+ * - see https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/7707 and https://docs.ghost.org/v1/docs/redirects
+ * - file loads synchronously, because we need to register the routes before anything else
+ */
+exports.use = function use(blogApp) {
+    _private.registerRoutes();
+
+    // Recommended approach by express, see https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/2596#issuecomment-81353034.
+    // As soon as the express router get's re-instantiated, the old router instance is not used anymore.
+    blogApp.use(function (req, res, next) {
+        customRedirectsRouter(req, res, next);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.reload = function reload() {
+    _private.registerRoutes();
+};
diff --git a/core/server/translations/en.json b/core/server/translations/en.json
index 4e9aaf9ba7..8746604ce9 100644
--- a/core/server/translations/en.json
+++ b/core/server/translations/en.json
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
                 "missingTheme": "The currently active theme \"{theme}\" is missing.",
                 "invalidTheme": "The currently active theme \"{theme}\" is invalid.",
                 "themeHasErrors": "The currently active theme \"{theme}\" has errors, but will still work."
+            },
+            "redirects": {
+                "register": "Could not register custom redirects."
             }
         },
         "utils": {
@@ -119,7 +122,8 @@
             },
             "blogIcon": {
                 "error": "Could not fetch icon dimensions."
-            }
+            },
+            "redirectsWrongFormat": "Incorrect redirects file format."
         },
         "config": {
             "couldNotLocateConfigFile": {
@@ -168,7 +172,8 @@
         "general": {
             "maintenance": "Ghost is currently undergoing maintenance, please wait a moment then retry.",
             "requiredOnFuture": "This will be required in future. Please see {link}",
-            "internalError": "Something went wrong."
+            "internalError": "Something went wrong.",
+            "jsonParse": "Could not parse JSON: {context}."
         },
         "httpServer": {
             "addressInUse": {
diff --git a/core/server/utils/index.js b/core/server/utils/index.js
index 4b62b0289d..38de4a856e 100644
--- a/core/server/utils/index.js
+++ b/core/server/utils/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var unidecode  = require('unidecode'),
     _          = require('lodash'),
     config = require('../config'),
+    errors = require('../errors'),
+    i18n = require('../i18n'),
     utils,
     getRandomInt;
 
@@ -113,6 +115,28 @@ utils = {
         res.redirect(301, path);
     },
 
+    /**
+     * NOTE: No separate utils file, because redirects won't live forever in a JSON file, see V2 of https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/7707
+     */
+    validateRedirects: function validateRedirects(redirects) {
+        if (!_.isArray(redirects)) {
+            throw new errors.ValidationError({
+                message: i18n.t('errors.utils.redirectsWrongFormat'),
+                help: 'https://docs.ghost.org/docs/redirects'
+            });
+        }
+
+        _.each(redirects, function (redirect) {
+            if (!redirect.from || !redirect.to) {
+                throw new errors.ValidationError({
+                    message: i18n.t('errors.utils.redirectsWrongFormat'),
+                    context: JSON.stringify(redirect),
+                    help: 'https://docs.ghost.org/docs/redirects'
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
     readCSV: require('./read-csv'),
     removeOpenRedirectFromUrl: require('./remove-open-redirect-from-url'),
     zipFolder: require('./zip-folder'),
diff --git a/core/test/functional/routes/api/redirects_spec.js b/core/test/functional/routes/api/redirects_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bb82ffbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/routes/api/redirects_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+var should = require('should'),
+    supertest = require('supertest'),
+    fs = require('fs-extra'),
+    Promise = require('bluebird'),
+    path = require('path'),
+    testUtils = require('../../../utils'),
+    configUtils = require('../../../utils/configUtils'),
+    config = require('../../../../../core/server/config'),
+    ghost = testUtils.startGhost,
+    request, accesstoken;
+
+should.equal(true, true);
+
+describe('Redirects API', function () {
+    var ghostServer;
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+        configUtils.restore();
+    });
+
+    describe('Download', function () {
+        beforeEach(function () {
+            return ghost().then(function (_ghostServer) {
+                ghostServer = _ghostServer;
+                return ghostServer.start();
+            }).then(function () {
+                request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+            }).then(function () {
+                return testUtils.doAuth(request, 'client:trusted-domain');
+            }).then(function (token) {
+                accesstoken = token;
+            });
+        });
+
+        afterEach(function () {
+            return testUtils.clearData()
+                .then(function () {
+                    return ghostServer.stop();
+                });
+        });
+
+        it('file does not exist', function (done) {
+            // Just set any content folder, which does not contain a redirects file.
+            configUtils.set('paths:contentPath', path.join(__dirname, '../../../utils/fixtures/data'));
+
+            request
+                .get(testUtils.API.getApiQuery('redirects/json/?client_id=ghost-admin&client_secret=not_available'))
+                .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accesstoken)
+                .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+                .expect(200)
+                .end(function (err, res) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+
+                    res.headers['content-disposition'].should.eql('Attachment; filename="redirects.json"');
+                    res.headers['content-type'].should.eql('application/json; charset=utf-8');
+
+                    // API returns an empty file with the correct file structure (empty [])
+                    res.headers['content-length'].should.eql('2');
+
+                    done();
+                });
+        });
+
+        it('file exists', function (done) {
+            request
+                .get(testUtils.API.getApiQuery('redirects/json/?client_id=ghost-admin&client_secret=not_available'))
+                .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accesstoken)
+                .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+                .expect('Content-Type', /application\/json/)
+                .expect('Content-Disposition', 'Attachment; filename="redirects.json"')
+                .expect(200)
+                .end(function (err, res) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+
+                    res.headers['content-disposition'].should.eql('Attachment; filename="redirects.json"');
+                    res.headers['content-type'].should.eql('application/json; charset=utf-8');
+                    res.headers['content-length'].should.eql('463');
+
+                    done();
+                });
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('Upload', function () {
+        describe('Ensure re-registering redirects works', function () {
+            var startGhost = function () {
+                    return ghost().then(function (_ghostServer) {
+                        ghostServer = _ghostServer;
+                        return ghostServer.start();
+                    }).then(function () {
+                        request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+                    }).then(function () {
+                        return testUtils.doAuth(request, 'client:trusted-domain');
+                    }).then(function (token) {
+                        accesstoken = token;
+                    });
+                },
+                stopGhost = function () {
+                    return testUtils.clearData()
+                        .then(function () {
+                            return ghostServer.stop();
+                        });
+                };
+
+            afterEach(stopGhost);
+
+            it('override', function (done) {
+                return startGhost()
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+                            setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+                        });
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return request
+                            .get('/my-old-blog-post/')
+                            .expect(301);
+                    })
+                    .then(function (response) {
+                        response.headers.location.should.eql('/revamped-url/');
+                        return stopGhost();
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+                            setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+                        });
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return startGhost();
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        // Provide a second redirects file in the root directory of the content test folder
+                        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'), JSON.stringify([{from: 'c', to: 'd'}]));
+
+                        return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+                            setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+                        });
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        // Override redirects file
+                        return request
+                            .post(testUtils.API.getApiQuery('redirects/json/?client_id=ghost-admin&client_secret=not_available'))
+                            .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accesstoken)
+                            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+                            .attach('redirects', path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'))
+                            .expect('Content-Type', /application\/json/)
+                            .expect(200);
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return request
+                            .get('/my-old-blog-post/')
+                            .expect(404);
+                    })
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return request
+                            .get('/c/')
+                            .expect(302);
+                    })
+                    .then(function (response) {
+                        response.headers.location.should.eql('/d');
+                        done();
+                    })
+                    .catch(done);
+            });
+        });
+
+        describe('Error cases', function () {
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                return ghost().then(function (_ghostServer) {
+                    ghostServer = _ghostServer;
+                    return ghostServer.start();
+                }).then(function () {
+                    request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+                }).then(function () {
+                    return testUtils.doAuth(request, 'client:trusted-domain');
+                }).then(function (token) {
+                    accesstoken = token;
+                });
+            });
+
+            afterEach(function () {
+                return testUtils.clearData()
+                    .then(function () {
+                        return ghostServer.stop();
+                    });
+            });
+
+            it('syntax error', function (done) {
+                fs.writeFileSync(path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'), 'something');
+
+                request
+                    .post(testUtils.API.getApiQuery('redirects/json/?client_id=ghost-admin&client_secret=not_available'))
+                    .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accesstoken)
+                    .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+                    .attach('redirects', path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'))
+                    .expect('Content-Type', /application\/json/)
+                    .expect(400)
+                    .end(function (err) {
+                        if (err) {
+                            return done(err);
+                        }
+
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+
+            it('wrong format: no array', function (done) {
+                fs.writeFileSync(path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'), JSON.stringify({from: 'c', to: 'd'}));
+
+                request
+                    .post(testUtils.API.getApiQuery('redirects/json/?client_id=ghost-admin&client_secret=not_available'))
+                    .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accesstoken)
+                    .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+                    .attach('redirects', path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'))
+                    .expect('Content-Type', /application\/json/)
+                    .expect(422)
+                    .end(function (err) {
+                        if (err) {
+                            return done(err);
+                        }
+
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+
+            it('wrong format: no from/to', function (done) {
+                fs.writeFileSync(path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'), JSON.stringify([{to: 'd'}]));
+
+                request
+                    .post(testUtils.API.getApiQuery('redirects/json/?client_id=ghost-admin&client_secret=not_available'))
+                    .set('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + accesstoken)
+                    .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+                    .attach('redirects', path.join(config.get('paths:contentPath'), 'redirects.json'))
+                    .expect('Content-Type', /application\/json/)
+                    .expect(422)
+                    .end(function (err) {
+                        if (err) {
+                            return done(err);
+                        }
+
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/core/test/integration/api/redirects_spec.js b/core/test/integration/api/redirects_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c489ce81b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/integration/api/redirects_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+var should = require('should'),
+    sinon = require('sinon'),
+    testUtils = require('../../utils'),
+    Promise = require('bluebird'),
+    RedirectsAPI = require('../../../server/api/redirects'),
+    mail = require('../../../server/api/mail'),
+    sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
+
+should.equal(true, true);
+
+describe('Redirects API', function () {
+    beforeEach(testUtils.teardown);
+    beforeEach(testUtils.setup('settings', 'users:roles', 'perms:redirect', 'perms:init'));
+
+    beforeEach(function () {
+        sandbox.stub(mail, 'send', function () {
+            return Promise.resolve();
+        });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+        sandbox.restore();
+    });
+
+    after(testUtils.teardown);
+
+    describe('Permissions', function () {
+        describe('Owner', function () {
+            it('Can upload', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.upload(testUtils.context.owner)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done();
+                    })
+                    .catch(done);
+            });
+
+            it('Can download', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.download(testUtils.context.owner)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done();
+                    })
+                    .catch(done);
+            });
+        });
+
+        describe('Admin', function () {
+            it('Can upload', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.upload(testUtils.context.admin)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done();
+                    })
+                    .catch(done);
+            });
+
+            it('Can download', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.download(testUtils.context.admin)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done();
+                    })
+                    .catch(done);
+            });
+        });
+
+        describe('Editor', function () {
+            it('Can\'t upload', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.upload(testUtils.context.editor)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done(new Error('Editor is not allowed to upload redirects.'));
+                    })
+                    .catch(function (err) {
+                        err.statusCode.should.eql(403);
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+
+            it('Can\'t download', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.upload(testUtils.context.editor)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done(new Error('Editor is not allowed to download redirects.'));
+                    })
+                    .catch(function (err) {
+                        err.statusCode.should.eql(403);
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+        });
+
+        describe('Author', function () {
+            it('Can\'t upload', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.upload(testUtils.context.author)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done(new Error('Author is not allowed to upload redirects.'));
+                    })
+                    .catch(function (err) {
+                        err.statusCode.should.eql(403);
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+
+            it('Can\'t download', function (done) {
+                RedirectsAPI.upload(testUtils.context.author)
+                    .then(function () {
+                        done(new Error('Author is not allowed to download redirects.'));
+                    })
+                    .catch(function (err) {
+                        err.statusCode.should.eql(403);
+                        done();
+                    });
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/core/test/integration/migration_spec.js b/core/test/integration/migration_spec.js
index 89ff8c25e5..53a7bff4ec 100644
--- a/core/test/integration/migration_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/integration/migration_spec.js
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ describe('Database Migration (special functions)', function () {
             permissions[47].should.be.AssignedToRoles(['Administrator', 'Editor']);
             permissions[48].name.should.eql('Delete invites');
             permissions[48].should.be.AssignedToRoles(['Administrator', 'Editor']);
+
+            // Redirects
+            permissions[49].name.should.eql('Download redirects');
+            permissions[49].should.be.AssignedToRoles(['Administrator']);
+            permissions[50].name.should.eql('Upload redirects');
+            permissions[50].should.be.AssignedToRoles(['Administrator']);
         });
 
         describe('Populate', function () {
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ describe('Database Migration (special functions)', function () {
                     result.roles.at(3).get('name').should.eql('Owner');
 
                     // Permissions
-                    result.permissions.length.should.eql(49);
+                    result.permissions.length.should.eql(51);
                     result.permissions.toJSON().should.be.CompletePermissions();
 
                     done();
diff --git a/core/test/unit/migration_fixture_utils_spec.js b/core/test/unit/migration_fixture_utils_spec.js
index de9c0673b9..93faa80ecc 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/migration_fixture_utils_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/migration_fixture_utils_spec.js
@@ -151,19 +151,19 @@ describe('Migration Fixture Utils', function () {
             fixtureUtils.addFixturesForRelation(fixtures.relations[0]).then(function (result) {
                 should.exist(result);
                 result.should.be.an.Object();
-                result.should.have.property('expected', 30);
-                result.should.have.property('done', 30);
+                result.should.have.property('expected', 31);
+                result.should.have.property('done', 31);
 
                 // Permissions & Roles
                 permsAllStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
                 rolesAllStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
-                dataMethodStub.filter.callCount.should.eql(30);
+                dataMethodStub.filter.callCount.should.eql(31);
                 dataMethodStub.find.callCount.should.eql(3);
-                baseUtilAttachStub.callCount.should.eql(30);
+                baseUtilAttachStub.callCount.should.eql(31);
 
-                fromItem.related.callCount.should.eql(30);
-                fromItem.findWhere.callCount.should.eql(30);
-                toItem[0].get.callCount.should.eql(60);
+                fromItem.related.callCount.should.eql(31);
+                fromItem.findWhere.callCount.should.eql(31);
+                toItem[0].get.callCount.should.eql(62);
 
                 done();
             }).catch(done);
diff --git a/core/test/unit/migration_spec.js b/core/test/unit/migration_spec.js
index 765c8bfec3..0b2888dc73 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/migration_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/migration_spec.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var should = require('should'), // jshint ignore:line
 describe('DB version integrity', function () {
     // Only these variables should need updating
     var currentSchemaHash = 'af4028653a7c0804f6bf7b98c50db5dc',
-        currentFixturesHash = 'a8ccedee7058e68eafd268b73458e954';
+        currentFixturesHash = '00e9b37f49b8eed5591ec2d381afb9e3';
 
     // If this test is failing, then it is likely a change has been made that requires a DB version bump,
     // and the values above will need updating as confirmation
diff --git a/core/test/utils/index.js b/core/test/utils/index.js
index 7fb1ca33df..4549af4ab8 100644
--- a/core/test/utils/index.js
+++ b/core/test/utils/index.js
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ startGhost = function startGhost() {
 
     // Copy all themes into the new test content folder. Default active theme is always casper. If you want to use a different theme, you have to set the active theme (e.g. stub)
     fs.copySync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'themes'), path.join(contentFolderForTests, 'themes'));
+    fs.copySync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'data'), path.join(contentFolderForTests, 'data'));
 
     return knexMigrator.reset()
         .then(function initialiseDatabase() {