diff --git a/base/dataset.go b/base/dataset.go
index 5805f8fbb..7889d17d0 100644
--- a/base/dataset.go
+++ b/base/dataset.go
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ func OpenDataset(fsys qfs.Filesystem, ds *dataset.Dataset) (err error) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	if ds.Viz != nil && ds.Viz.RenderedFile() == nil {
+		if err = ds.Viz.OpenRenderedFile(fsys); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +65,11 @@ func CloseDataset(ds *dataset.Dataset) (err error) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	if ds.Viz != nil && ds.Viz.RenderedFile() != nil {
+		if err = ds.Viz.RenderedFile().Close(); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
 
 	return
 }
diff --git a/cmd/get.go b/cmd/get.go
index cf334ede9..89f59a7f3 100644
--- a/cmd/get.go
+++ b/cmd/get.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type GetOptions struct {
 }
 
 // isDatasetField checks if a string is a dataset field or not
-var isDatasetField = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)^(commit|cm|structure|st|body|bd|meta|md|viz|vz|transform|tf)($|\\.)")
+var isDatasetField = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)^(commit|cm|structure|st|body|bd|meta|md|viz|vz|transform|tf|rendered|rd)($|\\.)")
 
 // Complete adds any missing configuration that can only be added just before calling Run
 func (o *GetOptions) Complete(f Factory, args []string) (err error) {
diff --git a/lib/datasets.go b/lib/datasets.go
index 036f1c5b3..07dfa164a 100644
--- a/lib/datasets.go
+++ b/lib/datasets.go
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ func (r *DatasetRequests) Get(p *GetParams, res *GetResult) (err error) {
 		// `qri get viz.script` loads the visualization script, as a special case
 		res.Bytes, err = ioutil.ReadAll(ds.Viz.ScriptFile())
 		return err
+	} else if p.Selector == "rendered" && ds.Viz != nil && ds.Viz.RenderedFile() != nil {
+		// `qri get rendered` loads the rendered visualization script, as a special case
+		res.Bytes, err = ioutil.ReadAll(ds.Viz.RenderedFile())
+		return err
 	} else {
 		var value interface{}
 		if p.Selector == "" {
diff --git a/rev/rev.go b/rev/rev.go
index 7a5883090..ea69b53dd 100644
--- a/rev/rev.go
+++ b/rev/rev.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var fieldMap = map[string]string{
 	"transform": "tf",
 	"structure": "st",
 	"body":      "bd",
+	"rendered":  "rd",
 
 	"ds": "ds",
 	"md": "md",
@@ -73,4 +74,5 @@ var fieldMap = map[string]string{
 	"tf": "tf",
 	"st": "st",
 	"bd": "bd",
+	"rd": "rd",
 }
diff --git a/rev/rev_test.go b/rev/rev_test.go
index 7e7234f25..6f92874b8 100644
--- a/rev/rev_test.go
+++ b/rev/rev_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func TestParseRevs(t *testing.T) {
 		{"body", []*Rev{&Rev{"bd", 1}}, ""},
 		{"md", []*Rev{&Rev{"md", 1}}, ""},
 		{"ds", []*Rev{&Rev{"ds", 1}}, ""},
+		{"rd", []*Rev{&Rev{"rd", 1}}, ""},
 		{"1", []*Rev{&Rev{"ds", 1}}, ""},
 		{"2", []*Rev{&Rev{"ds", 2}}, ""},
 		{"3", []*Rev{&Rev{"ds", 3}}, ""},