diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c265584..55a58f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Docker volume mounts
 */*-data/
 
+# envfiles
+.env
+
 # backups
 
 *.tar
diff --git a/cuddlefish/backup b/cuddlefish/backup
index c7aac00..ea56d23 100755
--- a/cuddlefish/backup
+++ b/cuddlefish/backup
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# CONTAINER_ID=b581d6283772
-CONTAINER_ID=gitea
+# NOTE: DEPENDING ON PERMISSIONING, YOU MAY NEED TO RUN THIS SCRIPT USING SUDO
 
-docker commit -p $CONTAINER_ID gitea-checkpoint-latest
-docker save -o gitea-checkpoint-$(date | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '_').tar checkpoint-latest
+source .env
 
+DATESTRING=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '_')
+ARCHIVE="gitea-data-${DATESTRING}.tar.gz"
+tar -czvf $ARCHIVE gitea-data/
+scp -i $BACKUP_KEYPATH -P $BACKUP_SSH_PORT $ARCHIVE $BACKUP_HOST:~/backups/
+rm $ARCHIVE && echo Removed $ARCHIVE.
diff --git a/cuddlefish/docker-compose.yaml b/cuddlefish/docker-compose.yaml
index 6f2a163..4e1656b 100644
--- a/cuddlefish/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/cuddlefish/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ networks:
 
 services:
   server:
-    image: gitea/gitea:latest
+    image: gitea/gitea:1.19.3
     container_name: gitea
     environment:
       USER_UID: 1000
diff --git a/cuddlefish/example.env b/cuddlefish/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3f209a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cuddlefish/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+BACKUP_HOST=bob@1.2.3.4
+BACKUP_KEYPATH=~/.ssh/id_backup
+BACKUP_SSH_PORT=22