diff --git a/addon_files/redmatic/bin/redmatic b/addon_files/redmatic/bin/redmatic
index bbab4134..78c5debb 100755
--- a/addon_files/redmatic/bin/redmatic
+++ b/addon_files/redmatic/bin/redmatic
@@ -47,12 +47,33 @@ Stop () {
 }
 
 Start () {
+    if [ `$ADDON_DIR/bin/jq -r '.ccuBackup' $ADDON_DIR/etc/settings.json` = "full" ]; then
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/bin/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/include/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/lib/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/libexec/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/share/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/tmp/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        #rm $ADDON_DIR/var/node_modules/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+        rm $ADDON_DIR/www/.nobackup 2>/dev/null
+    else
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/bin/.nobackup
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/include/.nobackup
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/lib/.nobackup
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/libexec/.nobackup
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/share/.nobackup
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/tmp/.nobackup
+        #touch $ADDON_DIR/var/node_modules/.nobackup
+        touch $ADDON_DIR/www/.nobackup
+    fi
+
     if [ -f $ADDON_DIR/var/do_pkg_upgrade ]; then
         echo "Updating Packages"
         date +"%b %d %H:%M:%S" >> $ADDON_DIR/var/pkg-upgrade.log
         $ADDON_DIR/bin/redmatic-pkg upgrade 2>&1 | tee -a $ADDON_DIR/var/pkg-upgrade.log | logger -t redmatic-pkg -p daemon.info && rm $ADDON_DIR/var/do_pkg_upgrade
         sleep 1
     fi
+
     if ! grep -Fq "/etc/config/lighttpd/" $LIGHTTPD_CONF
     then
       echo "patching $LIGHTTPD_CONF"
diff --git a/addon_files/redmatic/www/js/script.js b/addon_files/redmatic/www/js/script.js
index 880536ef..c8f3e9a0 100644
--- a/addon_files/redmatic/www/js/script.js
+++ b/addon_files/redmatic/www/js/script.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
     const $staticauthSet = $('#staticauth-set');
 
     const $projects = $('#projects');
+    const $backup = $('#backup');
     
     const $alertSaved = $('#alert-saved');
     const $alertError = $('#alert-error');
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
         $contextStorageFileInterval.val(config.contextStorage.file.config.flushInterval);
 
         $('#autorestart').find('option[value="' + config.restartOnCrash + '"]').attr('selected', true);
-
+        $('#backup').find('option[value="' + config.ccuBackup + '"]').attr('selected', true);
     });
 
     $loglevel.change(() => {
@@ -670,6 +671,11 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
         save();
     });
 
+    $backup.on('change', () => {
+        config.ccuBackup = $backup.val();
+        save();
+    });
+
     $('#discard-package-hint').on('click', () => {
         localStorage.setItem('package-hint', 'discarded');
         $('#package-hint').hide();
diff --git a/addon_files/redmatic/www/settings.html b/addon_files/redmatic/www/settings.html
index 70d64889..45a88522 100644
--- a/addon_files/redmatic/www/settings.html
+++ b/addon_files/redmatic/www/settings.html
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
+
+            <div class="card mb-4 pr-4">
+                <div class="card-body">
+                    <div class="form-group">
+                        <label for="projects">Backup</label>
+                        <select class="form-control" id="backup">
+                            <option value="reduce">Reduce size - only include relevant data</option>
+                            <option value="full">Include everything - Warning: this can lead to problems!</option>
+                        </select>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
             <div class="card mb-4 pr-4">
                 <div class="card-body">
                     <div class="form-group">
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 35bdd390..6ea49baa 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -65,17 +65,6 @@ echo "installing www node modules"
 cd $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/www
 npm install --silent --no-package-lock --production --no-optional
 
-echo "create .nobackup files"
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/bin/.nobackup
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/include/.nobackup
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/lib/.nobackup
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/libexec/.nobackup
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/share/.nobackup
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/tmp/.nobackup
-#touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/var/node_modules/.nobackup
-touch $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/www/.nobackup
-
-
 echo "adapt Node-RED..."
 rm -r $ADDON_TMP/redmatic/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/hardware