diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1214997..d06a593 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ backend/vendor/
 
 # OS
 .DS_Store
+backups/
diff --git a/scripts/backup-db.sh b/scripts/backup-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f4f1d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Erstellt ein Backup der Krafttrainer-Datenbank vom Server.
+# Verwendung: ./scripts/backup-db.sh [user@host]
+#
+# Standard-Ziel: christoph@192.168.1.118
+# Backups werden in ./backups/ gespeichert.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REMOTE="${1:-christoph@192.168.1.118}"
+REMOTE_DB="/home/christoph/fitnesspad/krafttrainer.db"
+BACKUP_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/../backups"
+TIMESTAMP="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)"
+BACKUP_FILE="${BACKUP_DIR}/krafttrainer_${TIMESTAMP}.db"
+
+mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+
+echo "Backup von ${REMOTE}:${REMOTE_DB} ..."
+scp "${REMOTE}:${REMOTE_DB}" "${BACKUP_FILE}"
+echo "Gespeichert: ${BACKUP_FILE}"
+
+# Alte Backups (älter als 30 Tage) löschen
+find "$BACKUP_DIR" -name "krafttrainer_*.db" -mtime +30 -delete 2>/dev/null && true