diff --git a/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/DownloadCsvButton.jsx b/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/DownloadCsvButton.jsx
index 568f1d52f..20ef7d173 100644
--- a/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/DownloadCsvButton.jsx
+++ b/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/DownloadCsvButton.jsx
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import {
   Toast, StatefulButton, Icon, Spinner, useToggle,
 } from '@openedx/paragon';
 import { Download, Check } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
-import { logError } from '@edx/frontend-platform/logging';
+import { jsonToCsv } from '../utils';
+import GeneralErrorModal from '../GeneralErrorModal';
 
-const DownloadCsvButton = ({ data, testId, fetchData }) => {
+const DownloadCsvButton = ({ data, testId }) => {
   const [buttonState, setButtonState] = useState('pageLoading');
   const [isOpen, open, close] = useToggle(false);
+  const [isErrorModalOpen, openErrorModal, closeErrorModal] = useToggle(false);
   const intl = useIntl();
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -28,18 +30,28 @@ const DownloadCsvButton = ({ data, testId, fetchData }) => {
     return `${year}-${month}-${day}-group-detail-report.csv`;
   };
 
+  const createCsvData = (jsonData) => jsonToCsv(jsonData.map(row => ({
+    Email: row.memberDetails.userEmail,
+    Username: row.memberDetails.userName,
+    Enrollments: row.enrollments,
+    // we have to strip out the comma so it doesn't mess up the csv parsing
+    'Recent action': row.recent_action.replace(/,/g, ''),
+  })));
+
   const handleClick = async () => {
     setButtonState('pending');
-    fetchData().then((response) => {
-      const blob = new Blob([response.data.results], {
+    try {
+      const csv = createCsvData(data);
+      const blob = new Blob([csv], {
         type: 'text/csv',
       });
       saveAs(blob, getCsvFileName());
       open();
+    } catch {
+      openErrorModal();
+    } finally {
       setButtonState('complete');
-    }).catch((err) => {
-      logError(err);
-    });
+    }
   };
 
   const toastText = intl.formatMessage({
@@ -55,6 +67,10 @@ const DownloadCsvButton = ({ data, testId, fetchData }) => {
        {toastText}
      </Toast>
      )}
+      <GeneralErrorModal
+        isOpen={isErrorModalOpen}
+        close={closeErrorModal}
+      />
       <StatefulButton
         state={buttonState}
         className="download-button"
@@ -103,7 +119,6 @@ DownloadCsvButton.propTypes = {
   data: PropTypes.arrayOf(
     PropTypes.object,
   ),
-  fetchData: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   testId: PropTypes.string,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupDetailPage.jsx b/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupDetailPage.jsx
index ca030cb35..276274c60 100644
--- a/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupDetailPage.jsx
+++ b/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupDetailPage.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { useEnterpriseGroupLearnersTableData, useEnterpriseGroupUuid } from '../
 import { ROUTE_NAMES } from '../../EnterpriseApp/data/constants';
 import DeleteGroupModal from './DeleteGroupModal';
 import EditGroupNameModal from './EditGroupNameModal';
-import formatDates from '../utils';
+import { formatDates } from '../utils';
 import GroupMembersTable from './GroupMembersTable';
 
 const GroupDetailPage = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupMembersTable.jsx b/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupMembersTable.jsx
index d1320d18d..95cdcfea3 100644
--- a/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupMembersTable.jsx
+++ b/src/components/PeopleManagement/GroupDetailPage/GroupMembersTable.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
 } from '../constants';
 import RecentActionTableCell from '../RecentActionTableCell';
 import DownloadCsvButton from './DownloadCsvButton';
-import LmsApiService from '../../../data/services/LmsApiService';
 import RemoveMemberModal from './RemoveMemberModal';
 import GeneralErrorModal from '../GeneralErrorModal';
 
@@ -91,11 +90,6 @@ const GroupMembersTable = ({
   refresh,
   setRefresh,
 }) => {
-  const fetchCsvData = async () => LmsApiService.fetchEnterpriseGroupLearners(
-    groupUuid,
-    // { ...currentFilters, search: searchQuery },
-    { csv: true },
-  );
   const intl = useIntl();
   return (
     <span className="budget-detail-assignments">
@@ -169,7 +163,6 @@ const GroupMembersTable = ({
         ]}
         tableActions={[
           <DownloadCsvButton
-            fetchData={fetchCsvData}
             data={tableData.results}
             testId="group-members-download"
           />,
diff --git a/src/components/PeopleManagement/RecentActionTableCell.jsx b/src/components/PeopleManagement/RecentActionTableCell.jsx
index cbc2fb75b..f76d04152 100644
--- a/src/components/PeopleManagement/RecentActionTableCell.jsx
+++ b/src/components/PeopleManagement/RecentActionTableCell.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import formatDates from './utils';
+import { formatDates } from './utils';
 
 const RecentActionTableCell = ({
   row,
diff --git a/src/components/PeopleManagement/utils.js b/src/components/PeopleManagement/utils.js
index 141d82600..93819161c 100644
--- a/src/components/PeopleManagement/utils.js
+++ b/src/components/PeopleManagement/utils.js
@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ import dayjs from 'dayjs';
  * @param {string} timestamp unformatted date timestamp
  * @returns Formatted date string for display.
  */
-export default function formatDates(timestamp) {
+export function formatDates(timestamp) {
   const DATE_FORMAT = 'MMMM DD, YYYY';
   return dayjs(timestamp).format(DATE_FORMAT);
 }
+
+export function jsonToCsv(data) {
+  let csv = '';
+  const headers = Object.keys(data[0]);
+  csv += `${headers.join(',')}\n`;
+
+  data.forEach((row) => {
+    const rows = headers.map(header => row[header]).join(',');
+    csv += `${rows}\n`;
+  });
+  return csv;
+}