diff --git a/cicd/cron/Dockerfile b/cicd/cron/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..703581e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd/cron/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM alpine:3.6
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache --upgrade bash mongodb-tools
+
+# copy crontabs for root user
+COPY crontab /etc/crontabs/root
+
+# copy backup script
+COPY backup /myscripts/backup
+RUN chmod 0744 /myscripts/backup
+
+# start crond with log level 8 in foreground, output to stderr
+CMD ["crond", "-f", "-d", "8"]
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diff --git a/cicd/cron/backup b/cicd/cron/backup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b4fdb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd/cron/backup
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DATE=`date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M"`
+
+echo "Generating backup $DATE"
+
+mongodump --host fdn2.production.database -d fdn2 --port 27017 --out "/backups/mongodump-$DATE"
+
+for old in `ls -t /backups | tail -n +7`; do
+    TOREMOVE="/backups/$old"
+    echo "Removing '$TOREMOVE'";
+    rm -r $TOREMOVE
+done
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diff --git a/cicd/cron/crontab b/cicd/cron/crontab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..250983c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd/cron/crontab
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4 0 * * * /myscripts/backup 2>&1
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diff --git a/cicd/cron/docker-compose.yml b/cicd/cron/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8358430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd/cron/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  backup:
+    image: cronjob
+    build: ./
+    networks:
+      - backup-network
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    volumes:
+      - /home/ddninja/fdn2/backups:/backups
+
+
+networks:
+  backup-network:
+    external: true
+    name: 
+      backup-network
diff --git a/cicd/docker-compose/deploy.yml b/cicd/docker-compose/deploy.yml
index 0efd9b5..69876f6 100644
--- a/cicd/docker-compose/deploy.yml
+++ b/cicd/docker-compose/deploy.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ services:
     restart: "on-failure:5"
     networks:
       db-network:
+      backup-network:
+        aliases:
+          - §PROJECT_BUILDNAME§.§ENVIRONMENT_TYPE§.database
     volumes:
       - ./persistence/database/mongodb:/data/db/
     logging:
@@ -75,6 +78,10 @@ services:
 networks:
   db-network:
   §PROJECT_BUILDNAME§-network:
+  backup-network:
+    external: true
+    name: 
+      backup-network
   nginx-network:
     external: true
     name: 
diff --git a/cicd/docker-compose/local-live.yml b/cicd/docker-compose/local-live.yml
index 3bb4277..ec7d3a8 100644
--- a/cicd/docker-compose/local-live.yml
+++ b/cicd/docker-compose/local-live.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ services:
     restart: "no"
     networks:
       db-network:
+      backup-network:
         aliases:
-          - §PROJECT_BUILDNAME§.§ENVIRONMENT_TYPE§.database
+          - §PROJECT_BUILDNAME§.local.database
     volumes:
       - §PROJECT_BUILDNAME§-db-persist:/data/db/
   webserver:
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ services:
 networks:
   db-network:
   §PROJECT_BUILDNAME§-network:
+  backup-network:
+    external: true
+    name: 
+      backup-network
 
 
 volumes: