diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index d3b4397..2aedeb2 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/conf
 mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/addons
 mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/userdata
+mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/db
 
 
 ## backup
@@ -30,3 +31,6 @@
 
 # openHAB userdata
 tar -C data -cjf ${PWD}/${backup_dir}/data/userdata/${DATE}.tbz2 userdata
+
+# openHAB db dir
+sudo tar -C data -cjf ${PWD}/${backup_dir}/data/db/${DATE}.tbz2 db