diff --git a/Endpoints/BackupEndpoint.cs b/Endpoints/BackupEndpoint.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4295d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Endpoints/BackupEndpoint.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
+
+namespace Gott.Endpoints;
+
+public static class BackupEndpoint
+{
+    public static void MapBackupEndpoint(this IEndpointRouteBuilder app)
+    {
+        app.MapPost("/api/backup", HandleBackup);
+    }
+
+    private static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<IResult> HandleBackup()
+    {
+        var dataDir = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "data");
+        var dbPath = Path.Combine(dataDir, "gott.db");
+
+        if (!File.Exists(dbPath))
+            return Results.NotFound(new { error = "Datenbank nicht gefunden" });
+
+        var backupDir = Path.Combine(dataDir, "backup");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(backupDir);
+
+        var timestamp = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds();
+        var archiveName = $"gott-{timestamp}.tar.gz";
+        var archivePath = Path.Combine(backupDir, archiveName);
+
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
+        {
+            FileName = "tar",
+            ArgumentList = { "-czf", archivePath, "-C", dataDir, "gott.db" },
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false
+        };
+
+        using (var process = Process.Start(psi))
+        {
+            if (process == null)
+                return Results.StatusCode(500);
+
+            var stderr = await process.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync();
+            await process.WaitForExitAsync();
+
+            if (process.ExitCode != 0)
+                return Results.Problem($"tar fehlgeschlagen: {stderr}");
+        }
+
+        var bytes = await File.ReadAllBytesAsync(archivePath);
+        return Results.File(bytes, "application/gzip", archiveName);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index b36bb24..112b7d7 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ app.MapSessionEndpoints();
 app.MapAgentEndpoints();
 app.MapWorkspaceEndpoint();
 app.MapInfoEndpoint();
+app.MapBackupEndpoint();
 
 app.Run("http://0.0.0.0:19000");
diff --git a/wwwroot/index.html b/wwwroot/index.html
index 5a889ae..d841784 100644
--- a/wwwroot/index.html
+++ b/wwwroot/index.html
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
         <div class="header-menu-dropdown" id="chatMenuDropdown" hidden>
           <button class="header-menu-item" id="systemPromptBtn">System-Prompt anzeigen</button>
           <button class="header-menu-item" id="archiveBtn">Archivieren</button>
+          <button class="header-menu-item" id="backupDbBtn">Datenbank sichern</button>
         </div>
       </div>
     </header>
diff --git a/wwwroot/js/api.js b/wwwroot/js/api.js
index d11b10a..6560c8e 100644
--- a/wwwroot/js/api.js
+++ b/wwwroot/js/api.js
@@ -128,3 +128,21 @@ async function apiGetChain(chainId) {
   if (!resp.ok) return null;
   return resp.json();
 }
+
+async function apiBackupDb() {
+  const resp = await fetch('/api/backup', { method: 'POST' });
+  if (!resp.ok) throw new Error('Backup fehlgeschlagen');
+  const blob = await resp.blob();
+  const cd = resp.headers.get('content-disposition') || '';
+  const filename = cd.match(/filename\*=UTF-8''(.+?)(?:;|$)/i)?.[1]
+    || cd.match(/filename="?([^";]+)"?/)?.[1]
+    || 'gott-backup.tar.gz';
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+  const a = document.createElement('a');
+  a.href = url;
+  a.download = filename;
+  document.body.appendChild(a);
+  a.click();
+  a.remove();
+  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+}
diff --git a/wwwroot/js/pages/chat-page.js b/wwwroot/js/pages/chat-page.js
index 6236640..b10f92d 100644
--- a/wwwroot/js/pages/chat-page.js
+++ b/wwwroot/js/pages/chat-page.js
@@ -190,6 +190,22 @@ registerPage('chat', {
       clearChat();
     });
 
+    // Datenbank sichern
+    const backupDbBtn = document.getElementById('backupDbBtn');
+    if (backupDbBtn) backupDbBtn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+      if (chatMenuDropdown) chatMenuDropdown.hidden = true;
+      backupDbBtn.disabled = true;
+      try {
+        await apiBackupDb();
+        setMeta('✅ Backup erstellt und heruntergeladen');
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Backup fehlgeschlagen:', e);
+        setMeta('❌ Backup fehlgeschlagen');
+      } finally {
+        backupDbBtn.disabled = false;
+      }
+    });
+
     // State zurücksetzen und History laden
     messages.length = 0;
     lastKnownMessageId = 0;