diff --git a/API/Interfaces/Services/IDirectoryService.cs b/API/Interfaces/Services/IDirectoryService.cs
index 19aba03dd..abd83dd36 100644
--- a/API/Interfaces/Services/IDirectoryService.cs
+++ b/API/Interfaces/Services/IDirectoryService.cs
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ namespace API.Interfaces.Services
         /// <param name="directoryPath"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         bool ExistOrCreate(string directoryPath);
+
+        void ClearAndDeleteDirectory(string directoryPath);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/API/Services/BackupService.cs b/API/Services/BackupService.cs
index 7ab168712..17b9cfb94 100644
--- a/API/Services/BackupService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/BackupService.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace API.Services
         private readonly IUnitOfWork _unitOfWork;
         private readonly ILogger<BackupService> _logger;
         private readonly IDirectoryService _directoryService;
+        private readonly string _tempDirectory = Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "temp");
 
         private readonly IList<string> _backupFiles = new List<string>()
         {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ namespace API.Services
         {
             _logger.LogInformation("Beginning backup of Database at {BackupTime}", DateTime.Now);
             var backupDirectory = Task.Run(() => _unitOfWork.SettingsRepository.GetSettingAsync(ServerSettingKey.BackupDirectory)).Result.Value;
+            
             _logger.LogDebug("Backing up to {BackupDirectory}", backupDirectory);
             if (!_directoryService.ExistOrCreate(backupDirectory))
             {
@@ -46,19 +48,36 @@ namespace API.Services
                 return;
             }
             
-            var fileInfos = _backupFiles.Select(file => new FileInfo(Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), file))).ToList();
-
-            var zipPath = Path.Join(backupDirectory, $"kavita_backup_{DateTime.Now}.zip");
-            using (var zipArchive = ZipFile.Open(zipPath, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
-            {
-                foreach (var fileInfo in fileInfos)
-                {
-                    zipArchive.CreateEntryFromFile(fileInfo.FullName,  fileInfo.Name);
-                }
-            }
+            var dateString = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString().Replace("/", "_");
+            var zipPath = Path.Join(backupDirectory, $"kavita_backup_{dateString}.zip");
             
+            if (File.Exists(zipPath))
+            {
+                _logger.LogInformation("{ZipFile} already exists, aborting", zipPath);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var tempDirectory = Path.Join(_tempDirectory, dateString);
+            _directoryService.ExistOrCreate(tempDirectory);
+
+
+            foreach (var file in _backupFiles)
+            {
+                var originalFile = new FileInfo(Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), file));
+                originalFile.CopyTo(Path.Join(tempDirectory, originalFile.Name));
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(tempDirectory, zipPath);
+            }
+            catch (AggregateException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "There was an issue when archiving library backup");
+            }
+
+            _directoryService.ClearAndDeleteDirectory(tempDirectory);
             _logger.LogInformation("Database backup completed");
-            throw new System.NotImplementedException();
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
index e6410cd1c..9481302bd 100644
--- a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ namespace API.Services
           return true;
        }
 
+       public void ClearAndDeleteDirectory(string directoryPath)
+       {
+          DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(directoryPath);
+
+          foreach (var file in di.EnumerateFiles())
+          {
+             file.Delete(); 
+          }
+          foreach (var dir in di.EnumerateDirectories())
+          {
+             dir.Delete(true); 
+          }
+          
+          di.Delete(true);
+       }
+
        public IEnumerable<string> ListDirectory(string rootPath)
         {
            if (!Directory.Exists(rootPath)) return ImmutableList<string>.Empty;