diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.cpp
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+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.cpp
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.h"
+#include "mitkAnnotationFactory.h"
+#include "mitkAnnotationJsonReaderWriter.h"
+#include "mitkProviderRegistry.h"
+#include "mitkStdAnnotationDataProviders.h"
+
+auto mitk::AnnotationPresetLoader::SelectionChangeAction()
+{
+  return [](const itk::Object *caller, const itk::EventObject &event) {
+    const auto dataNodeProvider = dynamic_cast<const mitk::AnnotationNodeSelectionListener *>(caller);
+    if (dataNodeProvider)
+    {
+      return dataNodeProvider->GetSelectedDataNode();
+    }
+    return itk::SmartPointer<mitk::DataNode>(nullptr);
+  };
+}
+
+void mitk::AnnotationPresetLoader::SetupDefaultProviders()
+{
+  auto providers = ProviderRegistry::GetInstance();
+  providers->AddDataProviders(
+    {AnnotationDataProviderFactory::DefaultSliceNumberProvider(),
+     AnnotationDataProviderFactory::DefaultTimeStepProvider(),
+     AnnotationDataProviderFactory::DefaultDataNodeProvider("DataNodeProvider",
+                                                            AnnotationNodeSelectionListener::New(),
+                                                            itk::ModifiedEvent().MakeObject(),
+                                                            SelectionChangeAction())});
+}
+
+void mitk::AnnotationPresetLoader::SaveCurrentConfiguration(const std::string &fileName)
+{
+  try
+  {
+    AnnotationJsonReaderWriter::WriteAnnotationsToJsonFile(fileName, m_ManagedAnnotations);
+  }
+  catch (const std::exception &e)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "Exception while saving json configuration. The save file probably wasn't written or updated";
+    MITK_ERROR << e.what();
+  }
+}
+
+void mitk::AnnotationPresetLoader::LoadPreset(const std::string &fileName)
+{
+  SetupDefaultProviders();
+
+  // TODO move propertyProviders to StdAnnotationDataProvidersClass
+  // TODO move this logic to a seperate class
+  // TODO move data node change listener to seperate class
+  // TODO fix issue with viewless plugin
+  // TODO add cpp file to reader writer
+  // TODO move all default action and event functions to a seperate class
+  // TODO make the tests great again
+  // TODO fix workbench closing crash (hint: destructing DataNodeProvider twice?)
+
+  auto annotationConfigurations = std::vector<AnnotationJsonReaderWriter::AnnotationConfig>{};
+  try
+  {
+    annotationConfigurations = AnnotationJsonReaderWriter::ReadAnnotationsFromJsonFile(fileName);
+  }
+  catch (const std::exception &e)
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "Exception while loading json configuration";
+    MITK_ERROR << e.what();
+  }
+
+  m_ManagedAnnotations = AnnotationFactory::CreateAnnotationsFromConfiguration(annotationConfigurations);
+
+  AnnotationFactory::RegisterAnnotations(m_ManagedAnnotations);
+}
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.h
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+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.annotations/src/mitkAnnotationPresetLoader.h
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+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+#ifndef MITKANNOTATIONPRESETLOADER_H
+#define MITKANNOTATIONPRESETLOADER_H
+#include "mitkAnnotationNodeSelectionListener.h"
+#include "mitkDynamicAnnotation.h"
+#include <string>
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+  class AnnotationPresetLoader
+  {
+  public:
+    static auto SelectionChangeAction();
+    void SetupDefaultProviders();
+    void SaveCurrentConfiguration(const std::string &fileName);
+    void LoadPreset(const std::string &fileName);
+
+  private:
+    std::unique_ptr<AnnotationNodeSelectionListener> m_NodeSelectionListener;
+    std::vector<mitk::DynamicAnnotation::Pointer> m_ManagedAnnotations;
+  };
+} // namespace mitk
+#endif // MITKANNOTATIONPRESETLOADER_H