diff --git a/maloja/__init__.py b/maloja/__init__.py
index ce9990e..3ea1919 100644
--- a/maloja/__init__.py
+++ b/maloja/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ author = {
 	"email":"maloja@krateng.dev",
 	"github": "krateng"
 }
-version = 2,0,14
+version = 2,1
 versionstr = ".".join(str(n) for n in version)
 
 
diff --git a/maloja/controller.py b/maloja/controller.py
index 1e48bf7..2166b2c 100755
--- a/maloja/controller.py
+++ b/maloja/controller.py
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ def loadlastfm(filename):
 def direct():
 	from . import server
 
-def backup(level="full"):
+def backup(level="full",folder=origpath):
 	import tarfile
-	from datetime import date
+	from datetime import datetime
 	import glob
 
 
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ def backup(level="full"):
 	for g in user_files:
 		real_files += glob.glob(g)
 
-	today = date.today()
-	datestr = "-".join((str(today.year),str(today.month),str(today.day)))
-	filename = "maloja_backup_" + datestr + ".tar.gz"
-	archivefile = os.path.join(origpath,filename)
+	now = datetime.utcnow()
+	timestr = now.strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S")
+	filename = "maloja_backup_" + timestr + ".tar.gz"
+	archivefile = os.path.join(folder,filename)
 	assert not os.path.exists(archivefile)
 	with tarfile.open(name=archivefile,mode="x:gz") as archive:
 		for f in real_files:
diff --git a/maloja/data_files/backups/dummy b/maloja/data_files/backups/dummy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/maloja/fixexisting.py b/maloja/fixexisting.py
index 301cce5..6f36f4d 100644
--- a/maloja/fixexisting.py
+++ b/maloja/fixexisting.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from .cleanup import CleanerAgent
 from doreah.logging import log
 import difflib
 import datetime
+from .controller import backup
 
 wendigo = CleanerAgent()
 
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ pthj = os.path.join
 
 def fix():
 
+	backup(level="minimal",folder=pthj(DATA_DIR,"backups"))
+
 	now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 	nowstr = now.strftime("%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S")
 	datestr = now.strftime("%Y/%m/%d")