diff --git a/apps/client/src/common/api/ontimeApi.ts b/apps/client/src/common/api/ontimeApi.ts
index 072e541bd..c40d37b0a 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/common/api/ontimeApi.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/common/api/ontimeApi.ts
@@ -265,3 +265,14 @@ export const postPreviewSheet = async (sheetId: string, worksheet: string, optio
   });
   return response.data.data;
 };
+
+export const postPushSheet = async (sheetId: string, worksheet: string, options?: ExcelImportMap) => {
+  const response = await axios.post(`${ontimeURL}/sheet-push`, {
+    sheetid: sheetId,
+    worksheet: worksheet,
+    options: options,
+  });
+  return response.data.data;
+};
+
+
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/modals/sheets-modal/SheetsModal.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/modals/sheets-modal/SheetsModal.tsx
index caadb1ee6..b7516a604 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/modals/sheets-modal/SheetsModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/modals/sheets-modal/SheetsModal.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   postPreviewSheet,
   uploadSheetClientFile,
   patchData,
+  postPushSheet,
 } from '../../../common/api/ontimeApi';
 import { OntimeRundown, ProjectData, UserFields } from 'ontime-types';
 
@@ -88,6 +89,12 @@ export default function SheetsModal(props: SheetsModalProps) {
     });
   };
 
+  const handlePushData = () => {
+    postPushSheet(sheetid.current?.value ?? '', worksheet.current?.value ?? '').then((data) => {
+      console.log(data);
+    });
+  };
+
   const handleFinalise = async () => {
     // this step is currently only used for excel files, after preview
     if (rundown && userFields && project) {
@@ -181,6 +188,9 @@ export default function SheetsModal(props: SheetsModalProps) {
                 <Button variant='ontime-filled' padding='0 2em' onClick={handlePullData}>
                   Pull data
                 </Button>
+                <Button variant='ontime-filled' padding='0 2em' onClick={handlePushData}>
+                  Push data
+                </Button>
               </div>
             </>
           )}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/controllers/ontimeController.ts b/apps/server/src/controllers/ontimeController.ts
index 4007cffbd..b2f1e0232 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/controllers/ontimeController.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/controllers/ontimeController.ts
@@ -405,6 +405,19 @@ export async function previewSheet(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * downloads and parses an sheet
+ * @returns parsed result
+ */
+export async function pushSheet(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const data = await Sheet.push(req.body.sheetid, req.body.worksheet);
+    res.status(200).send('ok');
+  } catch (error) {
+    res.status(500).send({ message: error.toString() });
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * uploads Client secrets file
  * @returns parsed result
diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts
index a16a11f9d..fe2caf131 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   sheetAuthState,
   sheetClientFile,
   previewSheet,
+  pushSheet,
 } from '../controllers/ontimeController.js';
 
 import {
@@ -103,4 +104,7 @@ router.get('/sheet-authstatus', sheetAuthState);
 router.get('/sheet-authurl', sheetAuthUrl);
 
 // create route between controller and '/ontime/preview-sheet' endpoint
-router.post('/sheet-preview', validateSheetPreview, previewSheet);
\ No newline at end of file
+router.post('/sheet-preview', validateSheetPreview, previewSheet);
+
+// create route between controller and '/ontime/preview-sheet' endpoint
+router.post('/sheet-push', pushSheet);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/sheetsAuth.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/sheetsAuth.ts
index 0ce8c6d3f..1de920a08 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/sheetsAuth.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/sheetsAuth.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import { URL } from 'url';
 import { logger } from '../classes/Logger.js';
 import { getAppDataPath } from '../setup.js';
 import { DatabaseModel, LogOrigin, OntimeRundownEntry, isOntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
-import { ExcelImportOptions, isExcelImportMap, defaultExcelImportMap } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { ExcelImportOptions, isExcelImportMap, defaultExcelImportMap, millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { parseExcel } from './parser.js';
 import { parseProject, parseRundown, parseUserFields } from './parserFunctions.js';
 import { ensureDirectory } from './fileManagement.js';
+import { DataProvider } from '../classes/data-provider/DataProvider.js';
 
 type ResponseOK = {
   data: Partial<DatabaseModel>;
@@ -47,6 +48,71 @@ class sheet {
     if (!isExcelImportMap(options)) {
       throw new Error('Got incorrect options to excel import', JSON.parse(options));
     }
+    const rq = await sheets({ version: 'v4', auth: sheet.client }).spreadsheets.values.get({
+      spreadsheetId: sheetId,
+      valueRenderOption: 'FORMATTED_VALUE',
+      majorDimension: 'ROWS',
+      range: worksheet + '!A:Z', //FIXME: this is an abitrary range
+    });
+    if (rq.status === 200) {
+      const { projectMetadata, rundownMetadata } = parseExcel(rq.data.values, options);
+      const rundown = DataProvider.getRundown();
+      const titleRow = Object.values(rundownMetadata)[0]['row'];
+
+      const updateRundown = Array<sheets_v4.Schema$Request>();
+
+      // we can't delete the last unflozzen row so we create an empty one
+      updateRundown.push({
+        insertDimension: {
+          inheritFromBefore: false,
+          range: { dimension: 'ROWS', startIndex: titleRow + 1, endIndex: titleRow + 2, sheetId: 0 },
+        },
+      });
+      //and delete the rest
+      updateRundown.push({
+        deleteDimension: { range: { dimension: 'ROWS', startIndex: titleRow + 2, sheetId: 0 } },
+      });
+      // insert the lenght of the rundown
+      updateRundown.push({
+        insertDimension: {
+          inheritFromBefore: false,
+          range: {
+            dimension: 'ROWS',
+            startIndex: titleRow + 1,
+            endIndex: titleRow + rundown.length,
+            sheetId: 0,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      //TODO: this is a mess
+      const titleCol = Object.values(rundownMetadata)
+        // .filter(([key, value]) => value !== undefined)
+        .reduce((accumulator: number, val) => Math.min(accumulator, val['col']), Number.MAX_VALUE);
+      if (titleCol == Number.MAX_VALUE) {
+        throw new Error(`could not finde starting title column`);
+      }
+      //update the corespunding row with event data
+      rundown.forEach((entry, index) =>
+        updateRundown.push(this.cellRequenstFromEvent(entry, index, rundownMetadata, titleCol as number)),
+      );
+      const writeResponds = await sheets({ version: 'v4', auth: sheet.client }).spreadsheets.batchUpdate({
+        spreadsheetId: sheetId,
+        requestBody: {
+          includeSpreadsheetInResponse: false,
+          responseRanges: [worksheet + '!A:Z'], //FIXME:
+          requests: updateRundown,
+        },
+      });
+
+      if (writeResponds.status == 200) {
+        logger.info(LogOrigin.Server, `Sheet write: ${writeResponds.statusText}`);
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(`Sheet write faild: ${writeResponds.statusText}`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Sheet read faild: ${rq.statusText}`);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -149,51 +215,68 @@ class sheet {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param index - the index of the event in Sheet dimentions
+   * @param index - the index of the event in rundown dimentions
    */
-  private cellRequenstFromEvent(event: OntimeRundownEntry, index: number): sheets_v4.Schema$Request['updateCells'] {
-    const titelCol = 1
-    // index += titelRow;
+  private cellRequenstFromEvent(
+    event: OntimeRundownEntry,
+    index: number,
+    metadata,
+    titleCol: number,
+  ): sheets_v4.Schema$Request {
     let r: sheets_v4.Schema$CellData[] = [];
-    Object.entries(this.metadata['rundown'])
+    const tmp = Object.entries(metadata)
       .filter(([key, value]) => value !== undefined)
-      .sort(([aKey, a], [bKey, b]) => a['col'] - b['col'])
-      .forEach(([key, value]) => {
-        if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
-          if (key === 'colour') {
-            r.push({
-              userEnteredValue: { stringValue: event.colour },
-              userEnteredFormat: { backgroundColor: hexToRgb(event?.colour ?? null) },
-            });
-          } else if (typeof event[key] === 'number') {
-            r.push({
-              userEnteredValue: { stringValue: millisToString(event[key], true) },
-            });
-          } else if (typeof event[key] === 'string') {
-            r.push({
-              userEnteredValue: { stringValue: event[key] },
-            });
-          } else if (typeof event[key] === 'boolean') {
-            r.push({
-              userEnteredValue: { stringValue: event[key] ? 'x' : '' },
-            });
-          } else {
-            r.push({});
-          }
+      .sort(([aKey, a], [bKey, b]) => a['col'] - b['col']);
+
+    tmp.forEach(([key, value], index, arr) => {
+      if (index != 0) {
+        if (arr[index - 1][1]['col'] + 1 < value['col']) {
+          console.log('missing', key, value['col'], arr[index - 1][1]['col']);
+          arr.splice(index, 0, ['blank', { col: arr[index - 1][1]['col'] + 1 }]);
         }
-      });
+      }
+    });
+    console.log(tmp);
+
+    tmp.forEach(([key, value]) => {
+      if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
+        if (key === 'blank') {
+          r.push({});
+        } else if (key === 'colour') {
+          r.push({
+            userEnteredValue: { stringValue: event.colour },
+          });
+        } else if (typeof event[key] === 'number') {
+          r.push({
+            userEnteredValue: { stringValue: millisToString(event[key], true) },
+          });
+        } else if (typeof event[key] === 'string') {
+          r.push({
+            userEnteredValue: { stringValue: event[key] },
+          });
+        } else if (typeof event[key] === 'boolean') {
+          r.push({
+            userEnteredValue: { stringValue: event[key] ? 'x' : '' },
+          });
+        } else {
+          r.push({});
+        }
+      }
+    });
     return {
-      start: {
-        sheetId: 0, //FIXME: get from smalest medata col
-        rowIndex: index,
-        columnIndex: titelCol,
-      },
-      fields: 'userEnteredValue,userEnteredFormat.backgroundColor',
-      rows: [
-        {
-          values: r,
+      updateCells: {
+        start: {
+          sheetId: 0, //FIXME:
+          rowIndex: index + Object.values(metadata)[0]['row'] + 1,
+          columnIndex: titleCol,
         },
-      ],
+        fields: 'userEnteredValue',
+        rows: [
+          {
+            values: r,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
     };
   }