diff --git a/scripts/db_backup.sh b/scripts/db_backup.sh
index ba1c8e96..7621dae0 100755
--- a/scripts/db_backup.sh
+++ b/scripts/db_backup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo "\n\n`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M"` Starting a DB backup.\n"
+
 # Get current script directory (pwd doesn't cut it)
 csd=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 # Set the environment. We only grab the entries we need because otherwise we
diff --git a/setup-scripts/support/crontab b/setup-scripts/support/crontab
index 75504aa8..9ebdb5ae 100644
--- a/setup-scripts/support/crontab
+++ b/setup-scripts/support/crontab
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 0 0,8,16 * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/log-checker.py /home/user/skynet-webportal/.env sia 8
 0 * * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/health-checker.py /home/user/skynet-webportal/.env sia 1
 30 */4 * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/blocklist-airtable.py /home/user/skynet-webportal/.env
+0 4 * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/scripts/db_backup.sh 1 >> /home/user/skynet-webportal/logs/db_backup_`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H%M"`.log 2 > &1