diff --git a/ansible/roles/nfs-server/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/nfs-server/tasks/main.yaml
index 7867071..2435c82 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nfs-server/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nfs-server/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -23,4 +23,13 @@
     name: nfs-kernel-server
     state: started
     enabled: true
+  become: true
+
+- name: Ensure backup directory exists with correct ownership
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /home/nik/backups/gitea
+    state: directory
+    owner: "1001"
+    group: "1001"
+    mode: "0755"
   become: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nfs-server/templates/exports.j2 b/ansible/roles/nfs-server/templates/exports.j2
index a553ad9..cd6f31b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nfs-server/templates/exports.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nfs-server/templates/exports.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # /etc/exports - managed by Ansible
 # NFS exports for K3s cluster
 
-/mnt/storage  192.168.7.77(ro,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,fsid=1)
\ No newline at end of file
+/mnt/storage  192.168.7.77(ro,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,fsid=1)
+/home/nik/backups  192.168.7.77(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,fsid=2)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifests/ddns-cronjob.yaml b/manifests/ddns-cronjob.yaml
index 5fc1fcb..f626016 100644
--- a/manifests/ddns-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ddns-cronjob.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: ddns
 spec:
   schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
   jobTemplate:
     spec:
       template:
diff --git a/manifests/gitea-backup.yaml b/manifests/gitea-backup.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ff455e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/gitea-backup.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-backup
+  namespace: gitea-backup
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-backup
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods/exec"]
+    verbs: ["create"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-backup
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: gitea-backup
+    namespace: gitea-backup
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: gitea-backup
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-backup
+  namespace: gitea-backup
+spec:
+  schedule: "0 3 */7 * *"
+  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
+  jobTemplate:
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          serviceAccountName: gitea-backup
+          restartPolicy: OnFailure
+          nodeSelector:
+            node-role: primary
+          containers:
+            - name: backup
+              image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
+              command:
+                - /bin/sh
+                - -c
+                - |
+                  set -e
+                  echo "Finding Gitea pod..."
+                  GITEA_POD=$(kubectl get pod -n gitea -l app=gitea -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+                  echo "Running gitea dump in pod $GITEA_POD..."
+                  kubectl exec -n gitea $GITEA_POD -- rm -f /tmp/gitea-backup.zip
+                  kubectl exec -n gitea $GITEA_POD -- gitea dump \
+                    --config /data/gitea/conf/app.ini \
+                    --file /tmp/gitea-backup.zip \
+                    --type zip
+                  echo "Copying backup to NFS..."
+                  rm -f /backup/gitea-backup.zip
+                  kubectl cp gitea/$GITEA_POD:/tmp/gitea-backup.zip /backup/gitea-backup.zip
+                  echo "Cleaning up temp file..."
+                  kubectl exec -n gitea $GITEA_POD -- rm /tmp/gitea-backup.zip
+                  echo "Backup complete: /backup/gitea-backup.zip"
+              volumeMounts:
+                - name: backup
+                  mountPath: /backup
+          volumes:
+            - name: backup
+              persistentVolumeClaim:
+                claimName: gitea-backup-pvc
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-backup-pv
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: 50Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteMany
+  nfs:
+    server: 192.168.7.183
+    path: /home/nik/backups/gitea
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-backup-pvc
+  namespace: gitea-backup
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteMany
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 50Gi
+  volumeName: gitea-backup-pv
+  storageClassName: ""