diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3ffbc51..fe11458 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 RUN mkdir /corpus
 WORKDIR /corpus
 
-# Install dependencies
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc libpq-dev sqlite3
+# Install dependencies including cron
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y gcc libpq-dev sqlite3 postgresql-client rclone cron && \
+    apt-get clean
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 COPY corpus/requirements.txt .
@@ -26,7 +28,26 @@ COPY env.example .env
 # Copy the application
 COPY corpus/ .
 
-RUN chmod +x start_dev.sh
+# Copy the backup script
+COPY scripts/backup.sh /corpus/backup.sh
 
+# Make scripts executable
+RUN chmod +x start_dev.sh backup.sh
+
+# Copy the cron job file for backups
+COPY scripts/backup.cron /etc/cron.d/backup
+
+# Set permissions for the cron job
+RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/backup
+
+# Apply the cron job
+RUN crontab /etc/cron.d/backup
+
+# Create a log file for cron logs
+RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
+
+# Expose port 8000 for the Django app
 EXPOSE 8000
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/corpus/start_dev.sh" ]
+
+# Start the cron daemon and then run the entry point for Django application
+CMD cron && tail -f /var/log/cron.log & /corpus/start_dev.sh
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diff --git a/prod-docker-compose.yml b/prod-docker-compose.yml
index 281ca67..e758ab6 100644
--- a/prod-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/prod-docker-compose.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,21 @@ services:
       - nginx
     networks:
       - corpus_network
-    command: certonly --webroot --webroot-path=/var/www/certbot -d ieee.nitk.ac.in --agree-tos --email anirudhprabhakaran3@gmail.com  --non-interactive
+    command: certonly --webroot --webroot-path=/var/www/certbot -d ieee.nitk.ac.in --agree-tos --email anirudhprabhakaran3@gmail.com --non-interactive
+
+backup:
+  build: .
+  restart: "no"
+  depends_on:
+    postgres:
+      condition: service_healthy
+  volumes:
+    - ./backups:/backups
+  env_file:
+    - .env
+  networks:
+    - corpus_network
+  entrypoint: ["/corpus/backup.sh"]
 
 networks:
   corpus_network:
@@ -95,4 +109,4 @@ volumes:
   postgres_data:
   certbot_etc:
   certbot_var:
-  certbot_www:
+  certbot_www:
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diff --git a/scripts/.env.example b/scripts/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..704296b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DB_NAME=my_project_db
+DB_USER=my_project_user
+DB_PASSWORD=my_secure_password
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diff --git a/scripts/backup.cron b/scripts/backup.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8128d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup.cron
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Run backup.sh at 2 AM every day
+0 2 * * * /corpus/backup.sh >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
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diff --git a/scripts/backup.sh b/scripts/backup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d069806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configuration
+DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+BACKUP_DIR="/backups"
+DB_NAME=${POSTGRES_DB}
+DB_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+DB_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+DB_HOST="postgres"
+BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/db_backup_$DATE.dump"
+
+# Export password for pg_dump
+export PGPASSWORD=$DB_PASSWORD
+
+# Create the backup
+pg_dump -h $DB_HOST -U $DB_USER -F c $DB_NAME > $BACKUP_FILE
+
+# Unset the password for security
+unset PGPASSWORD
+
+# Verify if the backup was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Database backup successful: $BACKUP_FILE"
+else
+    echo "Database backup failed!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Upload to OneDrive using rclone
+rclone copy $BACKUP_FILE onedrive_remote:/backups
+
+# Optional: Delete local backups older than 7 days
+find $BACKUP_DIR -type f -name "*.dump" -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
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