diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 577766d..ce405ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ ENV PORT= \
     QUERY_PORT=27015
 
 COPY ./scripts/* /home/steam/server/
-RUN chmod +x /home/steam/server/init.sh /home/steam/server/start.sh
+RUN chmod +x /home/steam/server/init.sh /home/steam/server/start.sh /home/steam/server/dump_save.sh
+
+RUN mv /home/steam/server/dump_save.sh /usr/local/bin/dump_save
 
 WORKDIR /home/steam/server
 
diff --git a/scripts/dump_save.sh b/scripts/dump_save.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f94f142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dump_save.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DATE=$(date +"%d-%m-%Y")
+FILE_PATH="/palworld/backups/palworld-save-${DATE}.tar.gz"
+cd /palworld/Pal/
+
+tar -zcf $FILE_PATH "Saved/"
+echo "file dumped at $FILE_PATH"
diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
index 7b7a75b..f1b5bf2 100644
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-mkdir -p /palworld
+mkdir -p /palworld/backups
 chown -R steam:steam /palworld
 
 if [ "${UPDATE_ON_BOOT}" = true ]; then