diff --git a/src/components/sequencing/SequenceEditor.svelte b/src/components/sequencing/SequenceEditor.svelte
index 84fd00638c..065509d109 100644
--- a/src/components/sequencing/SequenceEditor.svelte
+++ b/src/components/sequencing/SequenceEditor.svelte
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@
     setSequenceAdaptation(undefined);
   }
 
+  function compile(): void {
+    if (selectedOutputFormat?.compile) {
+      selectedOutputFormat.compile(sequenceOutput);
+    }
+  }
+
   async function sequenceUpdateListener(viewUpdate: ViewUpdate): Promise<void> {
     const sequence = viewUpdate.state.doc.toString();
     disableCopyAndExport = sequence === '';
@@ -452,6 +458,10 @@
               {/each}
             </Menu>
           </div>
+
+          {#if selectedOutputFormat?.compile}
+            <button class="st-button icon-button secondary ellipsis" on:click={compile}>Compile</button>
+          {/if}
         </div>
       </svelte:fragment>
 
diff --git a/src/types/sequencing.ts b/src/types/sequencing.ts
index ae3bbf1828..c8e356cb05 100644
--- a/src/types/sequencing.ts
+++ b/src/types/sequencing.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type DictionaryType = {
 };
 
 export interface IOutputFormat {
+  compile?: (output: string) => Promise<void>;
   fileExtension: string;
   linter?: (
     diagnostics: Diagnostic[],