diff --git a/events/templates/events/event_stacktrace.txt b/events/templates/events/event_stacktrace.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bba8b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/events/templates/events/event_stacktrace.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% autoescape off %}Traceback (most recent call last):{% for exception in exceptions %}{% for frame in exception.stacktrace.frames %}
+  File {{ frame.filename }}, line {{ frame.lineno }}{% if frame.function %}, in {{ frame.function }}{% endif %}
+    {{ frame.context_line.strip }}{% endfor %}{% if not forloop.last %}
+
+During handling of the above exception another exception occurred or was intentionally reraised:{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/events/tests.py b/events/tests.py
index b34060e..88feb79 100644
--- a/events/tests.py
+++ b/events/tests.py
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ class ViewTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(response['Content-Type'], 'application/json')
         self.assertTrue("platform" in response.json())
+
+    def test_event_plaintext(self):
+        response = self.client.get(f"/events/event/{self.event.pk}/plain/")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response['Content-Type'], 'text/plain')
diff --git a/events/urls.py b/events/urls.py
index 13f57bc..3d9c169 100644
--- a/events/urls.py
+++ b/events/urls.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from django.urls import path
 
-from .views import event_download
+from .views import event_download, event_plaintext
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # path('event/<uuid:pk>/', event_detail),  perhaps should become a redirect to issue/.../event now?
     path('event/<uuid:event_pk>/raw/', event_download, kwargs={"as_attachment": False}),
     path('event/<uuid:event_pk>/download/', event_download, kwargs={"as_attachment": True}),
+    path('event/<uuid:event_pk>/plain/', event_plaintext),
 ]
diff --git a/events/views.py b/events/views.py
index cefae91..a9fc466 100644
--- a/events/views.py
+++ b/events/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import json
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.http import content_disposition_header
+from django.shortcuts import render
 
 from bugsink.decorators import event_membership_required
 
@@ -10,3 +12,14 @@ def event_download(request, event, as_attachment=False):
     result["Content-Disposition"] = content_disposition_header(
         as_attachment=as_attachment, filename=event.id.hex + ".json")
     return result
+
+
+@event_membership_required
+def event_plaintext(request, event):
+    parsed_data = json.loads(event.data)
+    exceptions = parsed_data["exception"]["values"] if "exception" in parsed_data else None
+
+    return render(request, "events/event_stacktrace.txt", {
+        "event": event,
+        "exceptions": exceptions,
+    }, content_type="text/plain")
diff --git a/issues/templates/issues/base.html b/issues/templates/issues/base.html
index 995f8bf..a06a2b4 100644
--- a/issues/templates/issues/base.html
+++ b/issues/templates/issues/base.html
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
                 {% if is_event_page %}
                 | <a href="/admin/events/event/{{ event.id }}/change/">Event Admin</a>
                 | <a href="/events/event/{{ event.id }}/download/">Download</a>
-                | <a href="/events/event/{{ event.id }}/raw/" >Raw</a>
+                | <a href="/events/event/{{ event.id }}/raw/" >JSON</a>
+                | <a href="/events/event/{{ event.id }}/plain/" >Plain</a>
                 {% endif %}
             </div>
         </div>{# bottom nav bar #}