diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1269488..d834382 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-data
+/data
+/backup
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d3b4397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# backup directory
+backup_dir=backup
+
+# load variaables form config
+source openhab.conf
+
+# current date
+DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
+
+# create backuop directories
+mkdir -p $backup_dir/conf
+mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/conf
+mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/addons
+mkdir -p $backup_dir/data/userdata
+
+
+## backup
+
+# main conf
+tar -cjf ${PWD}/${backup_dir}/conf/${DATE}.tbz2 openhab.conf
+
+# openHAB conf
+tar -C data -cjf ${PWD}/${backup_dir}/data/conf/${DATE}.tbz2 conf
+
+# openHAB addons
+tar -C data -cjf ${PWD}/${backup_dir}/data/addons/${DATE}.tbz2 addons
+
+# openHAB userdata
+tar -C data -cjf ${PWD}/${backup_dir}/data/userdata/${DATE}.tbz2 userdata