diff --git a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/HuskHomes.java b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/HuskHomes.java
index fe9e395bd..376f9aa59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/HuskHomes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/HuskHomes.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public static HuskHomes getInstance() {
     public static Connection getConnection() {
         return database.getConnection();
     }
+    public static void backupDatabase() { database.backup(); }
 
     // Map integration handling
     private static Map map;
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/Database.java b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/Database.java
index 4805f76b4..2fcbb549d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/Database.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/Database.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public Database(HuskHomes instance) {
 
     public abstract void load();
 
+    public abstract void backup();
+
     public void initialize() {
         Connection connection = getConnection();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/MySQL.java b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/MySQL.java
index 695a4b864..93e6662c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/MySQL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/MySQL.java
@@ -114,4 +114,9 @@ public void load() {
 
         initialize();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void backup() {
+        plugin.getLogger().info("Remember to make backups of your HuskHomes Database before updating HuskHomes!");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/SQLite.java b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/SQLite.java
index 46dac2cba..5e01f2507 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/SQLite.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/data/SQL/SQLite.java
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 
 import me.william278.huskhomes2.HuskHomes;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.FormatStyle;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 public class SQLite extends Database {
@@ -119,4 +125,22 @@ public void load() {
 
         initialize();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void backup() {
+        final String BACKUPS_FOLDER_NAME = "database-backups";
+        final String backupFileName = DATABASE_NAME + "Backup_" + DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss-SS")
+                .withLocale(Locale.getDefault())
+                .withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
+                .format(Instant.now()).replaceAll(" ", "-") + ".db";
+        final File databaseFile = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), DATABASE_NAME + ".db");
+        new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), BACKUPS_FOLDER_NAME).mkdirs();
+        final File backUpFile = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), BACKUPS_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + backupFileName);
+        try {
+            Files.copy(databaseFile.toPath(), backUpFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+            plugin.getLogger().info("Created a backup of your database.");
+        } catch (IOException iox) {
+            plugin.getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "An error occurred making a database backup", iox);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/migrators/UpgradeDatabase.java b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/migrators/UpgradeDatabase.java
index d84511730..a4fa69c49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/migrators/UpgradeDatabase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/william278/huskhomes2/migrators/UpgradeDatabase.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public static void upgradeDatabase() {
         plugin.reloadConfig();
         if (plugin.getConfig().getInt("config_file_version", 1) <= 6) {
             plugin.getLogger().info("Database upgrade needed: Adding logout position tracking and ignoring request data...");
+            HuskHomes.backupDatabase(); // Backup database before upgrades are carried out!
             String[] statements = SQLiteUpgradeStatements;
             if (HuskHomes.getSettings().getDatabaseType().equalsIgnoreCase("mysql")) {
                 statements = mySQLUpgradeStatements;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public static void upgradeDatabase() {
 
         if (plugin.getConfig().getInt("config_file_version", 1) <= 7) {
             plugin.getLogger().info("Database upgrade needed: Adding creation timestamps to homes and warps...");
+            HuskHomes.backupDatabase(); // Backup database before upgrades are carried out!
             try (PreparedStatement tableUpdateStatement = HuskHomes.getConnection().prepareStatement(
                     "ALTER TABLE " + HuskHomes.getSettings().getHomesDataTable()
                             + " ADD `creation_time` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL;")) {