diff --git a/app/cli.php b/app/cli.php
index 09b3dc9413..32e2514abd 100644
--- a/app/cli.php
+++ b/app/cli.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ include 'tasks/specs.php';
 include 'tasks/ssl.php';
 include 'tasks/vars.php';
 include 'tasks/usage.php';
+include 'tasks/backup.php';
 
 $cli
     ->task('version')
diff --git a/app/init.php b/app/init.php
index 0b6efe52c0..b10eb98c5a 100644
--- a/app/init.php
+++ b/app/init.php
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ $register->set('db', function () {
     $dbPass = App::getEnv('_APP_DB_PASS', '');
     $dbScheme = App::getEnv('_APP_DB_SCHEMA', '');
 
+    var_dump($dbHost, $dbPort, $dbUser, $dbPass, $dbScheme);
     $pdo = new PDO("mysql:host={$dbHost};port={$dbPort};dbname={$dbScheme};charset=utf8mb4", $dbUser, $dbPass, array(
         PDO::ATTR_TIMEOUT => 3, // Seconds
         PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => true,
diff --git a/app/tasks/backup.php b/app/tasks/backup.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91c0703614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tasks/backup.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+global $cli, $register;
+
+use Utopia\CLI\Console;
+use Appwrite\Migration\Migration;
+use Utopia\App;
+use Utopia\Cache\Cache;
+use Utopia\Cache\Adapter\None;
+use Utopia\Database\Adapter\MariaDB;
+use Utopia\Database\Database;
+use Utopia\Database\Query;
+use Utopia\Database\Validator\Authorization;
+use Utopia\Database\Validator\UID;
+
+#docker compose exec appwrite backup --project=1
+
+$cli
+    ->task('backup')
+    ->param('projectId', '', new UID(), 'Project id to backupo', false)
+    ->action(function ($projectId) use ($register) {
+
+        var_dump($projectId);
+        Console::exit(1);
+
+        Authorization::disable();
+//        if (!array_key_exists($version, Migration::$versions)) {
+//            Console::error("Version {$version} not found.");
+//            Console::exit(1);
+//            return;
+//        }
+
+        $app = new App('UTC');
+
+//        Console::success('Starting Data Migration to version ' . $version);
+
+        $db = $register->get('db', true);
+
+        $cache = new Cache(new None());
+
+        $projectDB = new Database(new MariaDB($db), $cache);
+        $projectDB->setDefaultDatabase(App::getEnv('_APP_DB_SCHEMA', 'appwrite'));
+
+        $consoleDB = new Database(new MariaDB($db), $cache);
+        $consoleDB->setDefaultDatabase(App::getEnv('_APP_DB_SCHEMA', 'appwrite'));
+        $consoleDB->setNamespace('_project_console');
+
+        $console = $app->getResource('console');
+        //$project = $consoleDB->find('projects', [Query::equal('$uid', [$projectId])]);
+        $project = Authorization::skip(fn() => $consoleDB->getDocument('projects', $projectId));
+
+        var_dump($project);
+
+        if ($project->getId() === 'console' && $project->getInternalId() !== 'console') {
+            // todo: how not to choose console.?
+        }
+
+//        $migration
+//            ->setProject($project, $projectDB, $consoleDB)
+//            ->setPDO($register->get('db'))
+//            ->execute();
+
+        Swoole\Event::wait(); // Wait for Coroutines to finish
+        Console::success('Complete');
+    });
diff --git a/bin/backup b/bin/backup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..97d6dfb156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/backup
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+php /usr/src/code/app/cli.php backup $@
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