diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c67e98..91db390 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /sshportal
-*.db
\ No newline at end of file
+*.db
+/data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96be17c..2f504c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ GIT_SHA ?=	$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 GIT_TAG ?=	$(shell git describe --tags --always)
 GIT_BRANCH ?=	$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 LDFLAGS ?=	-X main.GIT_SHA=$(GIT_SHA) -X main.GIT_TAG=$(GIT_TAG) -X main.GIT_BRANCH=$(GIT_BRANCH)
+VERSION ?=	$(shell grep 'VERSION =' main.go | cut -d'"' -f2)
 
 .PHONY: install
 install:
@@ -20,3 +21,8 @@ dev:
 test:
 	go test -i .
 	go test -v .
+
+.PHONY: backup
+backup:
+	mkdir -p data/backups
+	cp sshportal.db data/backups/$(shell date +%s)-$(VERSION)-sshportal.sqlite