diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2421aab6..9e2a1934 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 - Add scheme type options for vector/raster tile
 - Add `tileSize` field for raster and raster-dem tile sources
 - Update Protomaps Light gallery style to v4
-- Add support to edit local files on the file system
+- Add support to edit local files on the file system if supported by the browser
 - _...Add new stuff here..._
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
diff --git a/src/components/ModalExport.tsx b/src/components/ModalExport.tsx
index 684774c4..2750afba 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalExport.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModalExport.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {version} from 'maplibre-gl/package.json'
 import {format} from '@maplibre/maplibre-gl-style-spec'
 import type {StyleSpecification} from 'maplibre-gl'
 import {MdMap, MdSave} from 'react-icons/md'
-import { WithTranslation, withTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import {WithTranslation, withTranslation} from 'react-i18next';
 
 import FieldString from './FieldString'
 import InputButton from './InputButton'
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import fieldSpecAdditional from '../libs/field-spec-additional'
 
 
 const MAPLIBRE_GL_VERSION = version;
+const showSaveFilePickerAvailable = typeof window.showSaveFilePicker === "function";
 
 
 type ModalExportInternalProps = {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ type ModalExportInternalProps = {
 
 class ModalExportInternal extends React.Component<ModalExportInternalProps> {
 
-  tokenizedStyle () {
+  tokenizedStyle() {
     return format(
       style.stripAccessTokens(
         style.replaceAccessTokens(this.props.mapStyle)
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ class ModalExportInternal extends React.Component<ModalExportInternalProps> {
     );
   }
 
-  exportName () {
-    if(this.props.mapStyle.name) {
+  exportName() {
+    if (this.props.mapStyle.name) {
       return Slugify(this.props.mapStyle.name, {
         replacement: '_',
         remove: /[*\-+~.()'"!:]/g,
@@ -86,6 +87,15 @@ class ModalExportInternal extends React.Component<ModalExportInternalProps> {
   async saveStyle() {
     const tokenStyle = this.tokenizedStyle();
 
+    // it is not guaranteed that the File System Access API is available on all
+    // browsers. If the function is not available, a fallback behavior is used.
+    if (!showSaveFilePickerAvailable) {
+      const blob = new Blob([tokenStyle], {type: "application/json;charset=utf-8"});
+      const exportName = this.exportName();
+      saveAs(blob, exportName + ".json");
+      return;
+    }
+
     let fileHandle = this.props.fileHandle;
     if (fileHandle == null) {
       fileHandle = await this.createFileHandle();
@@ -112,12 +122,12 @@ class ModalExportInternal extends React.Component<ModalExportInternalProps> {
     this.props.onOpenToggle();
   }
 
-  async createFileHandle() : Promise<FileSystemFileHandle | null> {
+  async createFileHandle(): Promise<FileSystemFileHandle | null> {
     const pickerOpts: SaveFilePickerOptions = {
       types: [
         {
           description: "json",
-          accept: { "application/json": [".json"] },
+          accept: {"application/json": [".json"]},
         },
       ],
       suggestedName: this.exportName(),
@@ -179,23 +189,19 @@ class ModalExportInternal extends React.Component<ModalExportInternalProps> {
         </div>
 
         <div className="maputnik-modal-export-buttons">
-          <InputButton
-            onClick={this.saveStyle.bind(this)}
-          >
-            <MdSave />
+          <InputButton onClick={this.saveStyle.bind(this)}>
+            <MdSave/>
             {t("Save")}
           </InputButton>
-          <InputButton
-            onClick={this.saveStyleAs.bind(this)}
-          >
-            <MdSave />
-            {t("Save as")}
-          </InputButton>
+          {showSaveFilePickerAvailable && (
+            <InputButton onClick={this.saveStyleAs.bind(this)}>
+              <MdSave/>
+              {t("Save as")}
+            </InputButton>
+          )}
 
-          <InputButton
-            onClick={this.createHtml.bind(this)}
-          >
-            <MdMap />
+          <InputButton onClick={this.createHtml.bind(this)}>
+            <MdMap/>
             {t("Create HTML")}
           </InputButton>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/ModalOpen.tsx b/src/components/ModalOpen.tsx
index 2761d14e..11c84e21 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalOpen.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ModalOpen.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { FormEvent } from 'react'
 import {MdFileUpload} from 'react-icons/md'
 import {MdAddCircleOutline} from 'react-icons/md'
+import FileReaderInput, { Result } from 'react-file-reader-input'
 import { Trans, WithTranslation, withTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 import ModalLoading from './ModalLoading'
@@ -168,6 +169,32 @@ class ModalOpenInternal extends React.Component<ModalOpenInternalProps, ModalOpe
     return file;
   }
 
+  // it is not guaranteed that the File System Access API is available on all
+  // browsers. If the function is not available, a fallback behavior is used.
+  onFileChanged = async (_: any, files: Result[]) => {
+    const [, file] = files[0];
+    const reader = new FileReader();
+    this.clearError();
+
+    reader.readAsText(file, "UTF-8");
+    reader.onload = e => {
+      let mapStyle;
+      try {
+        mapStyle = JSON.parse(e.target?.result as string)
+      }
+      catch(err) {
+        this.setState({
+          error: (err as Error).toString()
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      mapStyle = style.ensureStyleValidity(mapStyle)
+      this.props.onStyleOpen(mapStyle);
+      this.onOpenToggle();
+    }
+    reader.onerror = e => console.log(e.target);
+  }
+
   onOpenToggle() {
     this.setState({
       styleUrl: ""
@@ -217,10 +244,16 @@ class ModalOpenInternal extends React.Component<ModalOpenInternalProps, ModalOpe
             <h1>{t("Open local Style")}</h1>
             <p>{t("Open a local JSON style from your computer.")}</p>
             <div>
-              <InputButton
-                className="maputnik-big-button"
-                onClick={this.onOpenFile}><MdFileUpload/> {t("Open Style")}
-              </InputButton>
+              {typeof window.showOpenFilePicker === "function" ? (
+                <InputButton
+                  className="maputnik-big-button"
+                  onClick={this.onOpenFile}><MdFileUpload/> {t("Open Style")}
+                </InputButton>
+              ) : (
+                <FileReaderInput onChange={this.onFileChanged} tabIndex={-1} aria-label={t("Open Style")}>
+                  <InputButton className="maputnik-upload-button"><MdFileUpload /> {t("Open Style")}</InputButton>
+                </FileReaderInput>
+              )}
             </div>
           </section>