diff --git a/inception/inception-io-bioc/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/io/bioc/BioCFormatSupport.java b/inception/inception-io-bioc/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/io/bioc/BioCFormatSupport.java
index a17b1ca2036..7eb66cfd709 100644
--- a/inception/inception-io-bioc/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/io/bioc/BioCFormatSupport.java
+++ b/inception/inception-io-bioc/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/io/bioc/BioCFormatSupport.java
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
  */
 package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.inception.io.bioc;
 
+import static org.apache.uima.fit.factory.AnalysisEngineFactory.createEngineDescription;
 import static org.apache.uima.fit.factory.CollectionReaderFactory.createReaderDescription;
 
+import org.apache.uima.analysis_engine.AnalysisEngineDescription;
+import org.apache.uima.cas.CAS;
 import org.apache.uima.collection.CollectionReaderDescription;
 import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException;
 import org.apache.uima.resource.metadata.TypeSystemDescription;
@@ -57,6 +60,12 @@ public boolean isReadable()
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isWritable()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CollectionReaderDescription getReaderDescription(Project aProject,
             TypeSystemDescription aTSD)
@@ -64,4 +73,12 @@ public CollectionReaderDescription getReaderDescription(Project aProject,
     {
         return createReaderDescription(BioCReader.class, aTSD);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public AnalysisEngineDescription getWriterDescription(Project aProject,
+            TypeSystemDescription aTSD, CAS aCAS)
+        throws ResourceInitializationException
+    {
+        return createEngineDescription(BioCWriter.class, aTSD);
+    }
 }