diff --git a/scripts/live-mothership-backup.sh b/scripts/live-mothership-backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2e43e781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/live-mothership-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -a
+source .env
+set +a
+
+MOTHERSHIP_ROOT=$DAEMON_PB_DATA_DIR/$PUBLIC_PB_SUBDOMAIN
+DATA_ROOT=$MOTHERSHIP_ROOT/pb_data
+BACKUP_ROOT=$MOTHERSHIP_ROOT/backups
+BACKUP_TARGET=$BACKUP_ROOT/`date +%s`
+
+echo MOTHERSHIP_ROOT,$MOTHERSHIP_ROOT
+echo BACKUP_ROOT,$BACKUP_ROOT
+echo BACKUP_TARGET,$BACKUP_TARGET
+echo DATA_ROOT,$DATA_ROOT
+
+# Stop the service, make a backup, then restart
+pm2 stop all
+docker kill $(docker ps -q)
+docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
+mkdir -p $BACKUP_TARGET
+cp -r $DATA_ROOT $BACKUP_TARGET
+rm $BACKUP_TARGET/pb_data/logs.*
+./scripts/pm2.sh
+
+tar -zcvf $BACKUP_TARGET.tgz $BACKUP_TARGET
+rm -rf $BACKUP_TARGET