diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b3ba6d..cc0e011 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.env
-.docker
 # Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/archives
 # Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=archives
 
@@ -38,4 +36,6 @@
 *.txz
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/archives
-
+.env
+.docker
+backup/
diff --git a/nextcloud/env.example b/nextcloud/.env.example
similarity index 100%
rename from nextcloud/env.example
rename to nextcloud/.env.example
diff --git a/nextcloud/backup.sh b/nextcloud/backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2c2f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nextcloud/backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+source .env
+CONTAINER_APP=app
+docker compose exec $CONTAINER_APP ./occ maintenance:mode --on
+docker compose exec $MYSQL_HOST sh -c "mariadb-dump --single-transaction -h $MYSQL_HOST -u $MYSQL_USER --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE > backup/nextcloud-sqlbkp_`date +'%Y%m%d'`.bak" \
+	&& echo "SQL dump saved"
+docker compose exec $CONTAINER_APP ./occ maintenance:mode --off
diff --git a/nextcloud/docker-compose.yml b/nextcloud/docker-compose.yml
index 2ab769a..6ebb5e2 100644
--- a/nextcloud/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/nextcloud/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ services:
     command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW
     volumes:
       - ./db:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ./backup:/backup
     env_file: 
-      - env
+      - .env
 
   app:
-    image: nextcloud
+    image: nextcloud:stable
     restart: always
     ports:
       - 50000:80
@@ -18,4 +19,4 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./nextcloud:/var/www/html
     env_file: 
-      - env
+      - .env