diff --git a/app/common/CMakeLists.txt b/app/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f4d1fd76..83880359c 100644
--- a/app/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ set(OLIVE_SOURCES
   common/functiontimer.h
   common/lerp.h
   common/memorypool.cpp
+  common/otioutils.h
   common/memorypool.h
   common/ocioutils.cpp
   common/ocioutils.h
diff --git a/app/common/otioutils.h b/app/common/otioutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a3a32dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/common/otioutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef OTIOUTILS_H
+#define OTIOUTILS_H
+
+#ifdef USE_OTIO
+#include <opentimelineio/version.h>
+namespace OTIO = opentimelineio::OPENTIMELINEIO_VERSION;
+#endif
+
+#endif // OTIOUTILS
diff --git a/app/common/rational.cpp b/app/common/rational.cpp
index fa4bfd133..62c9af3e0 100644
--- a/app/common/rational.cpp
+++ b/app/common/rational.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,12 @@ AVRational rational::toAVRational() const
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_OTIO
-opentime::RationalTime rational::toRationalTime() const
+opentime::RationalTime rational::toRationalTime(double framerate) const
 {
   // Is this the best way of doing this?
-  return opentime::RationalTime::from_seconds(toDouble());
+  // Olive can store rationals as 0/0 which causes errors in OTIO
+  opentime::RationalTime time = opentime::RationalTime(numer_, denom_ == 0 ? 1 : denom_);
+  return time.rescaled_to(framerate);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/app/common/rational.h b/app/common/rational.h
index 0d548523b..95c369d1b 100644
--- a/app/common/rational.h
+++ b/app/common/rational.h
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public:
   AVRational toAVRational() const;
 
 #ifdef USE_OTIO
-  opentime::RationalTime toRationalTime() const;
+  // Convert Olive ratioanls to opentime rationals with the given framerate (defaults to 24)
+  opentime::RationalTime toRationalTime(double framerate = 24) const;
 #endif
 
   // Produce "flipped" version
diff --git a/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp b/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp
index c7510939d..6e84c7745 100644
--- a/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp
+++ b/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 #include "node/project/sequence/sequence.h"
 #include "widget/timelinewidget/timelineundo.h"
 
-#define OTIO opentimelineio::v1_0
-
 namespace olive {
 
 LoadOTIOTask::LoadOTIOTask(const QString& s) :
@@ -243,4 +241,4 @@ bool LoadOTIOTask::Run()
 
 }
 
-#endif
+#endif // USE_OTIO
diff --git a/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.h b/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.h
index 55579fcd7..702d8e73a 100644
--- a/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.h
+++ b/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_OTIO
 
+#include "common/otioutils.h"
 #include "node/project/project.h"
 #include "task/project/load/loadbasetask.h"
 
diff --git a/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp b/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp
index 791821772..a683b058a 100644
--- a/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp
+++ b/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <opentimelineio/externalReference.h>
 #include <opentimelineio/gap.h>
 #include <opentimelineio/serializableCollection.h>
+#include <opentimelineio/serializableObject.h>
 #include <opentimelineio/transition.h>
 
 #include "node/block/transition/transition.h"
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ bool SaveOTIOTask::Run()
     return false;
   }
 
-  std::vector<opentimelineio::v1_0::SerializableObject*> serialized;
+  std::vector<OTIO::SerializableObject*> serialized;
 
   foreach (Sequence* seq, sequences) {
     auto otio_timeline = SerializeTimeline(seq);
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ bool SaveOTIOTask::Run()
     }
   }
 
-  opentimelineio::v1_0::ErrorStatus es;
+  OTIO::ErrorStatus es;
 
   if (serialized.size() == 1) {
     // Serialize timeline on its own
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ bool SaveOTIOTask::Run()
     t->possibly_delete();
   } else {
     // Serialize all into a SerializableCollection
-    auto collection = new opentimelineio::v1_0::SerializableCollection("Sequences", serialized);
+    auto collection = new OTIO::SerializableCollection("Sequences", serialized);
     collection->to_json_file(project_->filename().toStdString(), &es);
     collection->possibly_delete();
 
@@ -88,12 +89,16 @@ bool SaveOTIOTask::Run()
     }
   }
 
-  return (es == opentimelineio::v1_0::ErrorStatus::OK);
+  return (es == OTIO::ErrorStatus::OK);
 }
 
-opentimelineio::v1_0::Timeline *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTimeline(Sequence *sequence)
+OTIO::Timeline *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTimeline(Sequence *sequence)
 {
-  auto otio_timeline = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Timeline(sequence->GetLabel().toStdString());
+  auto otio_timeline = new OTIO::Timeline(sequence->GetLabel().toStdString());
+  // Retainers clean themselves up when the final user is removed
+  OTIO::Timeline::Retainer<OTIO::Timeline>* timeline_retainer = new OTIO::Timeline::Retainer<OTIO::Timeline>(otio_timeline);
+  // Suppress unused variable warning
+  Q_UNUSED(timeline_retainer);
 
   if (!SerializeTrackList(sequence->track_list(Track::kVideo), otio_timeline)
       || !SerializeTrackList(sequence->track_list(Track::kAudio), otio_timeline)) {
@@ -104,11 +109,11 @@ opentimelineio::v1_0::Timeline *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTimeline(Sequence *sequen
   return otio_timeline;
 }
 
-opentimelineio::v1_0::Track *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrack(Track *track)
+OTIO::Track *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrack(Track *track)
 {
-  auto otio_track = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Track();
+  auto otio_track = new OTIO::Track();
 
-  opentimelineio::v1_0::ErrorStatus es;
+  OTIO::ErrorStatus es;
 
   switch (track->type()) {
   case Track::kVideo:
@@ -123,19 +128,19 @@ opentimelineio::v1_0::Track *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrack(Track *track)
   }
 
   foreach (Block* block, track->Blocks()) {
-    opentimelineio::v1_0::Composable* otio_block = nullptr;
+    OTIO::Composable* otio_block = nullptr;
 
     switch (block->type()) {
     case Block::kClip:
     {
-      auto otio_clip = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Clip(block->GetLabel().toStdString());
+      auto otio_clip = new OTIO::Clip(block->GetLabel().toStdString());
 
-      otio_clip->set_source_range(opentimelineio::v1_0::TimeRange(block->in().toRationalTime(),
-                                                                  block->length().toRationalTime()));
+      otio_clip->set_source_range(OTIO::TimeRange(block->in().toRationalTime(),
+                                                  block->length().toRationalTime()));
 
       QVector<Footage*> media_nodes = block->FindInputNodes<Footage>();
       if (!media_nodes.isEmpty()) {
-        auto media_ref = new opentimelineio::v1_0::ExternalReference(media_nodes.first()->filename().toStdString());
+        auto media_ref = new OTIO::ExternalReference(media_nodes.first()->filename().toStdString());
         otio_clip->set_media_reference(media_ref);
       }
 
@@ -144,22 +149,22 @@ opentimelineio::v1_0::Track *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrack(Track *track)
     }
     case Block::kGap:
     {
-      otio_block = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Gap(
-            opentimelineio::v1_0::TimeRange(block->in().toRationalTime(), block->length().toRationalTime()),
-            block->GetLabel().toStdString()
-      );
+      otio_block = new OTIO::Gap(OTIO::TimeRange(block->in().toRationalTime(),
+                                 block->length().toRationalTime()),
+                                 block->GetLabel().toStdString()
+                                 );
       break;
     }
     case Block::kTransition:
     {
-      auto otio_transition = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Transition(block->GetLabel().toStdString());
+      auto otio_transition = new OTIO::Transition(block->GetLabel().toStdString());
 
       TransitionBlock* our_transition = static_cast<TransitionBlock*>(block);
 
       otio_transition->set_in_offset(our_transition->in_offset().toRationalTime());
       otio_transition->set_out_offset(our_transition->out_offset().toRationalTime());
 
-      otio_block = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Transition();
+      otio_block = new OTIO::Transition();
       break;
     }
     }
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ opentimelineio::v1_0::Track *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrack(Track *track)
 
     otio_track->append_child(otio_block, &es);
 
-    if (es != opentimelineio::v1_0::ErrorStatus::OK) {
+    if (es != OTIO::ErrorStatus::OK) {
       goto fail;
     }
   }
@@ -184,9 +189,9 @@ fail:
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-bool SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrackList(TrackList *list, opentimelineio::v1_0::Timeline* otio_timeline)
+bool SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrackList(TrackList *list, OTIO::Timeline* otio_timeline)
 {
-  opentimelineio::v1_0::ErrorStatus es;
+  OTIO::ErrorStatus es;
 
   foreach (Track* track, list->GetTracks()) {
     auto otio_track = SerializeTrack(track);
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ bool SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrackList(TrackList *list, opentimelineio::v1_0::Tim
 
     otio_timeline->tracks()->append_child(otio_track, &es);
 
-    if (es != opentimelineio::v1_0::ErrorStatus::OK) {
+    if (es != OTIO::ErrorStatus::OK) {
       otio_track->possibly_delete();
       return false;
     }
@@ -208,4 +213,4 @@ bool SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrackList(TrackList *list, opentimelineio::v1_0::Tim
 
 }
 
-#endif
+#endif // USE_OTIO
diff --git a/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.h b/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.h
index 658849de6..076a0470d 100644
--- a/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.h
+++ b/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <opentimelineio/timeline.h>
 #include <opentimelineio/track.h>
 
+#include "common/otioutils.h"
 #include "node/project/project.h"
 #include "task/task.h"
 
@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@ protected:
   virtual bool Run() override;
 
 private:
-  opentimelineio::v1_0::Timeline* SerializeTimeline(Sequence* sequence);
+  OTIO::Timeline* SerializeTimeline(Sequence* sequence);
 
-  opentimelineio::v1_0::Track* SerializeTrack(Track* track);
+  OTIO::Track* SerializeTrack(Track* track);
 
-  bool SerializeTrackList(TrackList* list, opentimelineio::v1_0::Timeline *otio_timeline);
+  bool SerializeTrackList(TrackList* list, OTIO::Timeline *otio_timeline);
 
   Project* project_;