diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d7d8c92..a274981 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ python:
 env:
   global:
     - secure: 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
-    - APPENGINE_SDK=google_appengine_1.9.21
+    - APPENGINE_SDK=google_appengine_1.9.24
 
 cache:
   directories:
diff --git a/src/cron.yaml b/src/cron.yaml
index 14158a4..ff21f0b 100644
--- a/src/cron.yaml
+++ b/src/cron.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ cron:
   schedule: every monday 05:00
 
 - description: weekly backup
-  url: /_ah/datastore_admin/backup.create?kind=Clue&kind=Question&kind=Season&kind=User&kind=UserQuestion&kind=UserSeason&kind=UserToken&kind=League&kind=LeagueUser&filesystem=gs&gs_bucket_name=ffcapp.appspot.com
+  url: /tasks/backup
   schedule: every saturday 01:00
-  target: ah-builtin-python-bundle
   timezone: Europe/London
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index e070e29..1a611f1 100755
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
         'tasks-cleananonusers'),
     webapp2.Route(r'/tasks/cleanupusertokens', tasks.CleanUpUserTokens,
         'tasks-cleanupusertokens'),
+    webapp2.Route(r'/tasks/backup', tasks.ScheduledBackup, 'tasks-backup'),
 
     # Api.
     webapp2.Route(r'/api/question/<:.+>', question.Question, 'api-question'),
diff --git a/src/queue.yaml b/src/queue.yaml
index 4220b59..394b6d7 100644
--- a/src/queue.yaml
+++ b/src/queue.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 queue:
 - name: pose
   rate: 100/s
+- name: backup-builtin-queue
+  rate: 30/s
+  target: ah-builtin-python-bundle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tasks.py b/src/tasks.py
index ed37e45..bc01afd 100644
--- a/src/tasks.py
+++ b/src/tasks.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
 
+from google.appengine.api import taskqueue
 from google.appengine.ext import deferred, blobstore, ndb
 from webapp2_extras.appengine.auth.models import UserToken
 
@@ -16,6 +17,17 @@
 import models
 
 BATCH_SIZE = 100
+BACKUP_ENTITIES = [
+  'Clue',
+  'Question',
+  'Season',
+  'User',
+  'UserQuestion',
+  'UserSeason',
+  'UserToken',
+  'League',
+  'LeagueUser',
+]
 
 
 def delete_user(user_id, anonymous=False):
@@ -93,3 +105,19 @@ def get(self):
       else:
         break
 
+
+class ScheduledBackup(baserequesthandler.RequestHandler):
+
+  def get(self):
+    backup_folder = datetime.now().strftime('%y-%m-%d')
+    bucket_name = 'ffcapp.appspot.com/backups/%s' % backup_folder
+    params = {
+      'filesystem' : 'gs',
+      'gs_bucket_name': bucket_name,
+      'kind' : BACKUP_ENTITIES
+    }
+
+    url = '/_ah/datastore_admin/backup.create'
+
+    logging.info('Backing up %s to: %s' % (BACKUP_ENTITIES, bucket_name))
+    taskqueue.add(url=url, params=params, queue_name='backup-builtin-queue')