Update CHANGELOG.md (#15231 )

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[arm64] Port scripts between garage-hortusfox to support arm64 (#15207 )
2026-06-20 06:21:19 +02:00 · 2026-06-19 22:34:21 +00:00 · 2026-06-20 00:34:00 +02:00
144 changed files with 973 additions and 488 deletions
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit

  - #### ✨ New Features

+    - [arm64] Port scripts between garage-hortusfox to support arm64 [@asylumexp](https://github.com/asylumexp) ([#15207](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/15207))
    - [arm64] Port scripts titled between A-F to support arm64 [@asylumexp](https://github.com/asylumexp) ([#15181](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/15181))

 ### 📂 Github
@@ -30,10 +30,16 @@ function update_script() {
  fi

  if check_for_gh_release "cinny" "cinnyapp/cinny"; then
-    create_backup /opt/cinny/config.json
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /opt/cinny/config.json /opt/cinny_config.json.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "cinny" "cinnyapp/cinny" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/cinny" "cinny-*.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/cinny_config.json.bak /opt/cinny/config.json
+    rm -f /opt/cinny_config.json.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Restarting nginx"
    $STD rc-service nginx restart
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ function update_script() {
    rc-service garage stop || true
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /etc/garage.toml
+    msg_info "Backing Up Data"
+    cp /usr/local/bin/garage /usr/local/bin/garage.old 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp /etc/garage.toml /etc/garage.toml.bak 2>/dev/null || true
+    msg_ok "Backed Up Data"

    msg_info "Updating Garage"
    curl -fsSL "https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/_releases/${GITEA_RELEASE}/$(arch_resolve "x86_64" "aarch64")-unknown-linux-musl/garage" -o /usr/local/bin/garage
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/garage
    echo "${GITEA_RELEASE}" >~/.garage
-    clear_update_backup
    msg_ok "Updated Garage"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -33,12 +33,18 @@ function update_script() {
    rc-service ironclaw stop 2>/dev/null || true
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /root/.ironclaw/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /root/.ironclaw/.env /root/ironclaw.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ironclaw-bin" "nearai/ironclaw" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" \
      "ironclaw-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ironclaw
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /root/ironclaw.env.bak /root/.ironclaw/.env
+    rm -f /root/ironclaw.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    rc-service ironclaw start
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop endurain
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/endurain/.env
-    [[ -f /opt/endurain/frontend/app/dist/env.js ]] && cp /opt/endurain/frontend/app/dist/env.js /opt/endurain.env.js
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    cp /opt/endurain/.env /opt/endurain.env
+    cp /opt/endurain/frontend/app/dist/env.js /opt/endurain.env.js
+    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_codeberg_release "endurain" "endurain-project/endurain" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/endurain"

@@ -45,14 +47,16 @@ function update_script() {
      /opt/endurain/{docs,example.env,screenshot_01.png} \
      /opt/endurain/docker* \
      /opt/endurain/*.yml
-    restore_backup
+    cp /opt/endurain.env /opt/endurain/.env
+    rm /opt/endurain.env
    msg_ok "Prepared Update"

    msg_info "Updating Frontend"
    cd /opt/endurain/frontend/app
    $STD npm ci
    $STD npm run build
-    [[ -f /opt/endurain.env.js ]] && cp /opt/endurain.env.js /opt/endurain/frontend/app/dist/env.js && rm -f /opt/endurain.env.js
+    cp /opt/endurain.env.js /opt/endurain/frontend/app/dist/env.js
+    rm /opt/endurain.env.js
    msg_ok "Updated Frontend"

    msg_info "Updating Backend"
@@ -35,11 +35,21 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop ezbookkeeping
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/ezbookkeeping/data /opt/ezbookkeeping/storage
+    msg_info "Backing up configuration"
+    mkdir -p /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup
+    cp /opt/ezbookkeeping/conf/ezbookkeeping.ini /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup/
+    cp -r /opt/ezbookkeeping/data /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup/data/
+    cp -r /opt/ezbookkeeping/storage /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup/storage/
+    msg_ok "Backed up configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ezbookkeeping" "mayswind/ezbookkeeping" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/ezbookkeeping" "ezbookkeeping-*-linux-$(arch_resolve).tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring configuration"
+    cp -rf /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup/ezbookkeeping.ini /opt/ezbookkeeping/conf/
+    cp -rf /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup/data/. /opt/ezbookkeeping/data/
+    cp -rf /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup/storage/. /opt/ezbookkeeping/storage/
+    rm -rf /opt/ezbookkeeping-backup
+    msg_ok "Restored configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start ezbookkeeping
@@ -35,10 +35,9 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop fireshare
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/fireshare/fireshare.env
-
+    mv /opt/fireshare/fireshare.env /opt
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "fireshare" "ShaneIsrael/fireshare" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+    mv /opt/fireshare.env /opt/fireshare
    rm -f /usr/local/bin/fireshare

    msg_info "Updating Fireshare"
@@ -35,10 +35,21 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop nginx
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/fladder/assets/config/config.json
+    if [[ -f /opt/fladder/assets/config/config.json ]]; then
+      msg_info "Backing up configuration"
+      cp /opt/fladder/assets/config/config.json /tmp/fladder_config.json.bak
+      msg_ok "Configuration backed up"
+    fi

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Fladder" "DonutWare/Fladder" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/fladder" "Fladder-Web-*.zip"
-    restore_backup
+
+    if [[ -f /tmp/fladder_config.json.bak ]]; then
+      msg_info "Restoring configuration"
+      mkdir -p /opt/fladder/assets/config
+      cp /tmp/fladder_config.json.bak /opt/fladder/assets/config/config.json
+      rm -f /tmp/fladder_config.json.bak
+      msg_ok "Configuration restored"
+    fi

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start nginx
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop flatnotes
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/flatnotes/data
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration and Data"
+    cp /opt/flatnotes/.env /opt/flatnotes.env
+    cp -r /opt/flatnotes/data /opt/flatnotes_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration and Data"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "flatnotes" "dullage/flatnotes" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Flatnotes"
    cd /opt/flatnotes/client
@@ -50,6 +52,12 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD /usr/local/bin/uv sync
    msg_ok "Updated Flatnotes"

+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration and Data"
+    cp /opt/flatnotes.env /opt/flatnotes/.env
+    cp -r /opt/flatnotes_data_backup/. /opt/flatnotes/data
+    rm -f /opt/flatnotes.env
+    rm -r /opt/flatnotes_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration and Data"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start flatnotes
@@ -41,11 +41,20 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop apache2
    msg_ok "Stopped Apache2"

-    create_backup /opt/freshrss /opt/freshrss/data /opt/freshrss/extensions
+    msg_info "Backing up FreshRSS"
+    mv /opt/freshrss /opt/freshrss-backup
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "freshrss" "FreshRSS/FreshRSS" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring data and configuration"
+    if [[ -d /opt/freshrss-backup/data ]]; then
+      cp -a /opt/freshrss-backup/data/. /opt/freshrss/data/
+    fi
+    if [[ -d /opt/freshrss-backup/extensions ]]; then
+      cp -a /opt/freshrss-backup/extensions/. /opt/freshrss/extensions/
+    fi
+    msg_ok "Data Restored"

    msg_info "Setting permissions"
    chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/freshrss
@@ -57,6 +66,9 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl start apache2
    msg_ok "Started Apache2"

+    msg_info "Cleaning up backup"
+    rm -rf /opt/freshrss-backup
+    msg_ok "Cleaned up backup"
    msg_ok "Updated successfully!"
  fi
  exit
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-5}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop garage
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /etc/garage.toml
+    msg_info "Backing Up Data"
+    cp /usr/local/bin/garage /usr/local/bin/garage.old 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp /etc/garage.toml /etc/garage.toml.bak 2>/dev/null || true
+    msg_ok "Backed Up Data"

    msg_info "Updating Garage"
    curl -fsSL "https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/_releases/${GITEA_RELEASE}/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/garage" -o /usr/local/bin/garage
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/garage
    echo "${GITEA_RELEASE}" >~/.garage
-    clear_update_backup
    msg_ok "Updated Garage"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop gatus
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/gatus/config/config.yaml
-
+    mv /opt/gatus/config/config.yaml /opt
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "gatus" "TwiN/gatus" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Gatus"
    cd /opt/gatus
    $STD go mod tidy
    CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -o gatus .
    setcap CAP_NET_RAW+ep gatus
+    mv /opt/config.yaml config
    msg_ok "Updated Gatus"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -35,12 +35,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop ghostfolio
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/ghostfolio/.env
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    tar -czf "/opt/ghostfolio_backup_$(date +%F).tar.gz" \
+      -C /opt \
+      --exclude="ghostfolio/node_modules" \
+      --exclude="ghostfolio/dist" \
+      ghostfolio
+    mv /opt/ghostfolio/.env /opt/env.backup
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ghostfolio" "ghostfolio/ghostfolio" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/ghostfolio"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Ghostfolio"
+    mv /opt/env.backup /opt/ghostfolio/.env
    sed -i -E '/^DATABASE_URL=/ s/[?&]sslmode=prefer//g' /opt/ghostfolio/.env
    cd /opt/ghostfolio
    $STD npm ci
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
 var_nesting="${var_nesting:-1}"
 var_keyctl="${var_keyctl:-1}"
@@ -38,11 +38,22 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop actions-runner
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/actions-runner/$f
+    msg_info "Backing up runner configuration"
+    BACKUP_DIR="/opt/actions-runner.backup"
+    mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+    for f in .runner .credentials .credentials_rsaparams .env .path; do
+      [[ -f /opt/actions-runner/$f ]] && cp -a /opt/actions-runner/$f "$BACKUP_DIR/"
+    done
+    msg_ok "Backed up configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "actions-runner" "actions/runner" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/actions-runner" "actions-runner-linux-x64-*.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring runner configuration"
+    for f in .runner .credentials .credentials_rsaparams .env .path; do
+      [[ -f "$BACKUP_DIR/$f" ]] && cp -a "$BACKUP_DIR/$f" /opt/actions-runner/
+    done
+    rm -rf "$BACKUP_DIR"
+    msg_ok "Restored configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start actions-runner
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-512}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-2}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
 var_tun="${var_tun:-yes}"

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-4}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
 var_gpu="${var_gpu:-yes}"

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -35,11 +35,18 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop gogs
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/gogs/custom /opt/gogs/data
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp -r /opt/gogs/custom /opt/gogs_custom_backup
+    cp -r /opt/gogs/data /opt/gogs_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "gogs" "gogs/gogs" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/gogs" "gogs_*_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp -r /opt/gogs_custom_backup/. /opt/gogs/custom
+    cp -r /opt/gogs_data_backup/. /opt/gogs/data
+    rm -rf /opt/gogs_custom_backup /opt/gogs_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start gogs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-512}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-4}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-512}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-2}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-4096}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-20}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -37,13 +37,21 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop grist
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/grist/.env /opt/grist/docs /opt/grist/grist-sessions.db /opt/grist/landing.db
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    rm -rf /opt/grist_bak
+    mv /opt/grist /opt/grist_bak
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "grist" "gristlabs/grist-core" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Grist"
    mkdir -p /opt/grist/docs
+    cp -n /opt/grist_bak/.env /opt/grist/.env
+    if ls /opt/grist_bak/docs/* &>/dev/null; then
+      cp -r /opt/grist_bak/docs/* /opt/grist/docs/
+    fi
+    [[ -f /opt/grist_bak/grist-sessions.db ]] && cp /opt/grist_bak/grist-sessions.db /opt/grist/grist-sessions.db
+    [[ -f /opt/grist_bak/landing.db ]] && cp /opt/grist_bak/landing.db /opt/grist/landing.db
    cd /opt/grist
    $STD yarn install
    $STD yarn run build:prod
@@ -35,10 +35,22 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop guardian-backend guardian-frontend
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/guardian/.env /opt/guardian/backend/plex-guard.db
+    if [[ -f "/opt/guardian/backend/plex-guard.db" ]]; then
+      msg_info "Backing up Database"
+      cp "/opt/guardian/backend/plex-guard.db" "/tmp/plex-guard.db.backup"
+      msg_ok "Backed up Database"
+    fi

+    [[ -f "/opt/guardian/.env" ]] && cp "/opt/guardian/.env" "/opt"
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "guardian" "HydroshieldMKII/Guardian" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/guardian"
-    restore_backup
+    [[ -f "/opt/.env" ]] && mv "/opt/.env" "/opt/guardian"
+
+    if [[ -f "/tmp/plex-guard.db.backup" ]]; then
+      msg_info "Restoring Database"
+      cp "/tmp/plex-guard.db.backup" "/opt/guardian/backend/plex-guard.db"
+      rm "/tmp/plex-guard.db.backup"
+      msg_ok "Restored Database"
+    fi

    msg_info "Updating Guardian"
    cd /opt/guardian/backend
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-5}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop healthchecks
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/healthchecks
+    msg_info "Backing up existing installation"
+    BACKUP="/opt/healthchecks-backup-$(date +%F-%H%M)"
+    cp -a /opt/healthchecks "$BACKUP"
+    msg_ok "Backup created at $BACKUP"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "healthchecks" "healthchecks/healthchecks" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    cd /opt/healthchecks
    if [[ -d venv ]]; then
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-4096}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-20}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-512}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-2}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxV
 # Source: https://www.home-assistant.io/

 APP="Home Assistant"
-var_tags="${var_tags:-automation;smarthome}"
+var_tags="${var_tags:-automation;smarthome;docker}"
 var_cpu="${var_cpu:-2}"
 var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-16}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-4}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-8}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop homelable
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/homelable/backend/.env /opt/homelable/data /opt/homelable/mcp/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration and Data"
+    cp /opt/homelable/backend/.env /opt/homelable.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/homelable/data /opt/homelable_data_bak
+    if [[ -f /opt/homelable/mcp/.env ]]; then
+      cp -a /opt/homelable/mcp/.env /opt/homelable-mcp.env.bak
+    fi
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration and Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "homelable" "Pouzor/homelable" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/homelable"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Python Dependencies"
    cd /opt/homelable/backend
@@ -52,9 +57,17 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD npm run build
    msg_ok "Rebuilt Frontend"

+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration and Data"
+    cp /opt/homelable.env.bak /opt/homelable/backend/.env
+    cp -r /opt/homelable_data_bak/. /opt/homelable/data/
+    rm -f /opt/homelable.env.bak
+    rm -rf /opt/homelable_data_bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration and Data"

-    if [[ -f /opt/homelable/mcp/.env ]]; then
+    if [[ -f /opt/homelable-mcp.env.bak ]]; then
      msg_info "Restoring MCP Server"
+      cp -a /opt/homelable-mcp.env.bak /opt/homelable/mcp/.env
+      rm -f /opt/homelable-mcp.env.bak
      MCP_OWNER=$(stat -c '%U' /opt/homelable/mcp/.env)
      cd /opt/homelable/mcp
      $STD uv venv --clear /opt/homelable/mcp/.venv
@@ -37,10 +37,20 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop homepage
    msg_ok "Stopped service"

-    create_backup /opt/homepage/.env /opt/homepage/config /opt/homepage/public/images /opt/homepage/public/icons
-
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    cp /opt/homepage/.env /opt/homepage.env
+    cp -r /opt/homepage/config /opt/homepage_config_backup
+    [[ -d /opt/homepage/public/images ]] && cp -r /opt/homepage/public/images /opt/homepage_images_backup
+    [[ -d /opt/homepage/public/icons ]] && cp -r /opt/homepage/public/icons /opt/homepage_icons_backup
+    msg_ok "Created Backup"
+    
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "homepage" "gethomepage/homepage" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+    
+    msg_info "Restoring Backup"
+    mv /opt/homepage.env /opt/homepage
+    rm -rf /opt/homepage/config
+    mv /opt/homepage_config_backup /opt/homepage/config
+    msg_ok "Restored Backup"

    msg_info "Updating Homepage (Patience)"
    RELEASE=$(get_latest_github_release "gethomepage/homepage")
@@ -53,6 +63,8 @@ function update_script() {
    export NEXT_PUBLIC_BUILDTIME=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/gethomepage/homepage/releases/latest | jq -r '.published_at')
    export NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
    $STD pnpm build
+    [[ -d /opt/homepage_images_backup ]] && mv /opt/homepage_images_backup /opt/homepage/public/images
+    [[ -d /opt/homepage_icons_backup ]] && mv /opt/homepage_icons_backup /opt/homepage/public/icons
    msg_ok "Updated Homepage"

    msg_info "Starting service"
@@ -34,10 +34,19 @@ function update_script() {
      systemctl stop homer
      msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-      create_backup /opt/homer/assets
+      msg_info "Backing up assets directory"
+      cd ~
+      mkdir -p assets-backup
+      cp -R /opt/homer/assets/. assets-backup
+      msg_ok "Backed up assets directory"

      CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "homer" "bastienwirtz/homer" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/homer" "homer.zip"
-      restore_backup
+
+      msg_info "Restoring assets directory"
+      cd ~
+      cp -Rf assets-backup/. /opt/homer/assets/
+      rm -rf assets-backup
+      msg_ok "Restored assets directory"
    
      msg_info "Starting Service"
      systemctl start homer
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-1024}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-5}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-13}"
-var_arm64="${var_arm64:-no}"
+var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"

 header_info "$APP"
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop hoodik
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/hoodik/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /opt/hoodik/.env /opt/hoodik.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "hoodik" "hudikhq/hoodik" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/hoodik" "*x86_64.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/hoodik.env.bak /opt/hoodik/.env
+    rm -f /opt/hoodik.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start hoodik
@@ -34,19 +34,24 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop apache2
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/hortusfox/.env /opt/hortusfox/public/img
+    msg_info "Backing up current HortusFox installation"
+    cd /opt
+    mv /opt/hortusfox/ /opt/hortusfox-backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up current HortusFox installation"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "hortusfox" "danielbrendel/hortusfox-web" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating HortusFox"
    cd /opt/hortusfox
+    cp /opt/hortusfox-backup/.env /opt/hortusfox/.env
+    cp -a /opt/hortusfox-backup/public/img/. /opt/hortusfox/public/img/
    export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
    $STD composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
    $STD php asatru migrate:upgrade
    $STD php asatru plants:attributes
    $STD php asatru calendar:classes
    chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/hortusfox
+    rm -r /opt/hortusfox-backup
    msg_ok "Updated HortusFox"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop igotify
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/igotify/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /opt/igotify/.env /opt/igotify.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "igotify" "androidseb25/iGotify-Notification-Assistent" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/igotify" "iGotify-Notification-Service-amd64-v*.zip"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/igotify.env.bak /opt/igotify/.env
+    rm -f /opt/igotify.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start igotify
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop immichframe
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/immichframe/Config
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp -r /opt/immichframe/Config /tmp/immichframe_config.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "immichframe" "immichFrame/ImmichFrame" "tarball" "latest" "/tmp/immichframe"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Setting up ImmichFrame"
    cd /tmp/immichframe
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ function update_script() {
    rm -rf /tmp/immichframe
    msg_ok "Setup ImmichFrame"

+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp -r /tmp/immichframe_config.bak/* /opt/immichframe/Config/
+    rm -rf /tmp/immichframe_config.bak
+    chown -R immichframe:immichframe /opt/immichframe
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"


    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -41,13 +41,20 @@ function update_script() {
    NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
    PG_VERSION="17" setup_postgresql

-    create_backup /opt/investbrain/.env /opt/investbrain/storage
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    rm -f /opt/.env.backup
+    rm -rf /opt/investbrain_backup
+    cp /opt/investbrain/.env /opt/.env.backup
+    cp -r /opt/investbrain/storage /opt/investbrain_backup
+    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Investbrain" "investbrainapp/investbrain" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/investbrain"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Investbrain"
    cd /opt/investbrain
+    rm -rf /opt/investbrain/storage
+    cp /opt/.env.backup /opt/investbrain/.env
+    cp -r /opt/investbrain_backup/ /opt/investbrain/storage
    export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
    $STD /usr/local/bin/composer install --no-interaction --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
    $STD npm install
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD php artisan event:cache
    chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/investbrain
    chmod -R 775 /opt/investbrain/storage /opt/investbrain/bootstrap/cache
+    rm -rf /opt/.env.backup /opt/investbrain_backup
    msg_ok "Updated Investbrain"

    msg_info "Starting Services"
@@ -35,14 +35,21 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop supervisor nginx php8.4-fpm
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/invoiceninja/storage /opt/invoiceninja/public/storage
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mkdir -p /tmp/invoiceninja_backup
+    cp /opt/invoiceninja/.env /tmp/invoiceninja_backup/
    cp -r /opt/invoiceninja/storage /tmp/invoiceninja_backup/ 2>/dev/null || true
    cp -r /opt/invoiceninja/public/storage /tmp/invoiceninja_backup/public_storage 2>/dev/null || true
    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "invoiceninja" "invoiceninja/invoiceninja" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/invoiceninja" "invoiceninja.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /tmp/invoiceninja_backup/.env /opt/invoiceninja/
+    cp -r /tmp/invoiceninja_backup/storage/* /opt/invoiceninja/storage/ 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp -r /tmp/invoiceninja_backup/public_storage/* /opt/invoiceninja/public/storage/ 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf /tmp/invoiceninja_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Running Migrations"
    cd /opt/invoiceninja 
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop caddy
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/invoiceshelf/storage
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/invoiceshelf/.env /opt/invoiceshelf.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/invoiceshelf/storage /opt/invoiceshelf_storage_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "invoiceshelf" "InvoiceShelf/InvoiceShelf" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/invoiceshelf.env.bak /opt/invoiceshelf/.env
+    rm -f /opt/invoiceshelf.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/invoiceshelf_storage_backup/. /opt/invoiceshelf/storage
+    rm -rf /opt/invoiceshelf_storage_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Updating Application"
    cd /opt/invoiceshelf
@@ -35,12 +35,18 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop ironclaw
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /root/.ironclaw/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /root/.ironclaw/.env /root/ironclaw.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ironclaw-bin" "nearai/ironclaw" "prebuild" "latest" "/usr/local/bin" \
      "ironclaw-$(uname -m)-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ironclaw
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /root/ironclaw.env.bak /root/.ironclaw/.env
+    rm -f /root/ironclaw.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start ironclaw
@@ -35,12 +35,20 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop jotty
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/jotty/data /opt/jotty/config
+    msg_info "Backing up configuration & data"
+    cp /opt/jotty/.env /opt/app.env
+    [[ -d /opt/jotty/data ]] && mv /opt/jotty/data /opt/data
+    [[ -d /opt/jotty/config ]] && mv /opt/jotty/config /opt/config
+    msg_ok "Backed up configuration & data"

    NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="yarn" setup_nodejs
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "jotty" "fccview/jotty" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/jotty" "jotty_*_prebuild.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring configuration & data"
+    mv /opt/app.env /opt/jotty/.env
+    [[ -d /opt/data ]] && mv /opt/data /opt/jotty/data
+    [[ -d /opt/config ]] && cp -a /opt/config/* /opt/jotty/config && rm -rf /opt/config
+    msg_ok "Restored configuration & data"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start jotty
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop kan
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/kan/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/kan/.env /opt/kan.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_tag "kan" "kanbn/kan" "latest"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/kan.env.bak /opt/kan/.env
+    rm -f /opt/kan.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Building Application"
    cd /opt/kan
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop kapowarr
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/kapowarr/db
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mv /opt/kapowarr/db /opt/
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "kapowarr" "Casvt/Kapowarr" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Kapowarr"
+    mv /opt/db /opt/kapowarr
    msg_ok "Updated Kapowarr"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -37,10 +37,18 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop kima-frontend kima-backend kima-analyzer kima-analyzer-clap
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/kima-hub/backend/.env /opt/kima-hub/frontend/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/kima-hub/backend/.env /opt/kima-hub-backend-env.bak
+    cp /opt/kima-hub/frontend/.env /opt/kima-hub-frontend-env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "kima-hub" "Chevron7Locked/kima-hub" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/kima-hub-backend-env.bak /opt/kima-hub/backend/.env
+    cp /opt/kima-hub-frontend-env.bak /opt/kima-hub/frontend/.env
+    rm -f /opt/kima-hub-backend-env.bak /opt/kima-hub-frontend-env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Rebuilding Backend"
    cd /opt/kima-hub/backend
@@ -35,15 +35,24 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop kitchenowl
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/kitchenowl/data /opt/kitchenowl/kitchenowl.env
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mkdir -p /opt/kitchenowl_backup
+    cp -r /opt/kitchenowl/data /opt/kitchenowl_backup/
+    cp -f /opt/kitchenowl/kitchenowl.env /opt/kitchenowl_backup/
+    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "kitchenowl" "TomBursch/kitchenowl" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/kitchenowl"
    rm -rf /opt/kitchenowl/web
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "kitchenowl-web" "TomBursch/kitchenowl" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/kitchenowl/web" "kitchenowl_Web.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring data"
+    sed -i 's/default=True/default=False/' /opt/kitchenowl/backend/wsgi.py
+    cp -r /opt/kitchenowl_backup/data /opt/kitchenowl/
+    cp -f /opt/kitchenowl_backup/kitchenowl.env /opt/kitchenowl/
+    rm -rf /opt/kitchenowl_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored data"

    msg_info "Updating KitchenOwl"
-    sed -i 's/default=True/default=False/' /opt/kitchenowl/backend/wsgi.py
    cd /opt/kitchenowl/backend
    $STD uv sync --frozen
    cd /opt/kitchenowl/backend
@@ -35,14 +35,21 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop nginx php8.4-fpm
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/koel/storage /opt/koel/public/img
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mkdir -p /tmp/koel_backup
+    cp /opt/koel/.env /tmp/koel_backup/
    cp -r /opt/koel/storage /tmp/koel_backup/ 2>/dev/null || true
    cp -r /opt/koel/public/img /tmp/koel_backup/ 2>/dev/null || true
    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "koel" "koel/koel" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/koel" "koel-*.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /tmp/koel_backup/.env /opt/koel/
+    cp -r /tmp/koel_backup/storage/* /opt/koel/storage/ 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp -r /tmp/koel_backup/img/* /opt/koel/public/img/ 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf /tmp/koel_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Running Migrations"
    cd /opt/koel 
@@ -31,13 +31,22 @@ function update_script() {
  fi
  setup_mariadb
  if check_for_gh_release "leantime" "Leantime/leantime"; then
-    create_backup /opt/leantime
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mariadb-dump leantime >"/opt/leantime_db_backup_$(date +%F).sql"
+    tar -czf "/opt/leantime_backup_$(date +%F).tar.gz" "/opt/leantime"
+    mv /opt/leantime /opt/leantime_bak
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "leantime" "Leantime/leantime" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/leantime" Leantime*.tar.gz
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Config & Permissions"
+    mv /opt/leantime_bak/config/.env /opt/leantime/config/.env
+    chown -R www-data:www-data "/opt/leantime"
+    chmod -R 750 "/opt/leantime"
+    msg_ok "Restored Config & Permissions"

    msg_info "Removing Backup"
+    rm -rf /opt/leantime_bak
    msg_ok "Removed Backup"
    msg_ok "Updated successfully!"
  fi
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop librechat rag-api
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/librechat/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /opt/librechat/.env /opt/librechat.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_tag "librechat" "danny-avila/LibreChat"

@@ -50,7 +52,10 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD npm cache clean --force
    msg_ok "Built Frontend"

-    restore_backup
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/librechat.env.bak /opt/librechat/.env
+    rm -f /opt/librechat.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Starting Services"
    systemctl start rag-api librechat
@@ -63,7 +68,9 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop rag-api
    msg_ok "Stopped RAG API"

-    create_backup /opt/rag-api/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up RAG API Configuration"
+    cp /opt/rag-api/.env /opt/rag-api.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up RAG API Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "rag-api" "danny-avila/rag_api" "tarball"

@@ -72,7 +79,10 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.lite.txt
    msg_ok "Updated RAG API Dependencies"

-    restore_backup
+    msg_info "Restoring RAG API Configuration"
+    cp /opt/rag-api.env.bak /opt/rag-api/.env
+    rm -f /opt/rag-api.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored RAG API Configuration"

    msg_info "Starting RAG API"
    systemctl start rag-api
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop nginx linkding linkding-tasks
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/linkding/data
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp -r /opt/linkding/data /opt/linkding_data_backup
+    cp /opt/linkding/.env /opt/linkding_env_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "linkding" "sissbruecker/linkding" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp -r /opt/linkding_data_backup/. /opt/linkding/data
+    cp /opt/linkding_env_backup /opt/linkding/.env
+    rm -rf /opt/linkding_data_backup /opt/linkding_env_backup
+    ln -sf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mod_icu.so /opt/linkding/libicu.so
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Updating LinkDing"
    cd /opt/linkding
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ function update_script() {

    RUST_CRATES="monolith" setup_rust

-    create_backup /opt/linkwarden/.env /opt/linkwarden/data
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    mv /opt/linkwarden/.env /opt/.env
+    [ -d /opt/linkwarden/data ] && mv /opt/linkwarden/data /opt/data.bak
+    rm -rf /opt/linkwarden
+    msg_ok "Backed up data"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "linkwarden" "linkwarden/linkwarden" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Linkwarden"
    cd /opt/linkwarden
@@ -57,9 +60,11 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD yarn
    $STD npx playwright install-deps
    $STD npx playwright install
+    mv /opt/.env /opt/linkwarden/.env
    $STD yarn prisma:generate
    $STD yarn web:build
    $STD yarn prisma:deploy
+    [ -d /opt/data.bak ] && mv /opt/data.bak /opt/linkwarden/data
    rm -rf ~/.cargo/registry ~/.cargo/git ~/.cargo/.package-cache
    rm -rf /root/.cache/yarn
    rm -rf /opt/linkwarden/.next/cache
@@ -33,13 +33,17 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop listmonk
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/listmonk/config.toml /opt/listmonk/uploads
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    mv /opt/listmonk/ /opt/listmonk-backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up data"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "listmonk" "knadh/listmonk" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/listmonk" "listmonk*linux_amd64.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Configuring listmonk"
+    mv /opt/listmonk-backup/config.toml /opt/listmonk/config.toml
+    mv /opt/listmonk-backup/uploads /opt/listmonk/uploads
    $STD /opt/listmonk/listmonk --upgrade --yes --config /opt/listmonk/config.toml
+    rm -rf /opt/listmonk-backup/
    msg_ok "Configured listmonk"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop lobehub
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/lobehub/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/lobehub/.env /opt/lobehub.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "lobehub" "lobehub/lobehub" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/lobehub.env.bak /opt/lobehub/.env
+    rm -f /opt/lobehub.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Building Application"
    cd /opt/lobehub
@@ -33,10 +33,23 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop lubelogger
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/lubelogger/data/
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    mkdir -p /tmp/lubeloggerData/data
+    cp /opt/lubelogger/appsettings.json /tmp/lubeloggerData/appsettings.json
+    cp -r /opt/lubelogger/data/ /tmp/lubeloggerData/
+
+    # Lubelogger has moved multiples folders to the 'data' folder, and we need to move them before the update to keep the user data
+    # Github Discussion: https://github.com/hargata/lubelog/discussions/787
+    [[ -e /opt/lubelogger/config ]] && cp -r /opt/lubelogger/config /tmp/lubeloggerData/data/
+    [[ -e /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/translations ]] && cp -r /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/translations /tmp/lubeloggerData/data/
+    [[ -e /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/documents ]] && cp -r /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/documents /tmp/lubeloggerData/data/
+    [[ -e /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/images ]] && cp -r /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/images /tmp/lubeloggerData/data/
+    [[ -e /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/temp ]] && cp -r /opt/lubelogger/wwwroot/temp /tmp/lubeloggerData/data/
+    [[ -e /opt/lubelogger/log ]] && cp -r /opt/lubelogger/log /tmp/lubeloggerData/
+    rm -rf /opt/lubelogger
+    msg_ok "Backed up data"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "lubelogger" "hargata/lubelog" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/lubelogger" "LubeLogger*linux_x64.zip"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Configuring LubeLogger"
    chmod 700 /opt/lubelogger/CarCareTracker
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop caddy
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/lychee/storage
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/lychee/.env /opt/lychee.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/lychee/storage /opt/lychee_storage_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "lychee" "LycheeOrg/Lychee" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/lychee" "Lychee.zip"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/lychee.env.bak /opt/lychee/.env
+    rm -f /opt/lychee.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/lychee_storage_backup/. /opt/lychee/storage
+    rm -rf /opt/lychee_storage_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Updating Application"
    cd /opt/lychee
@@ -33,15 +33,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop mafl
    msg_ok "Service stopped"

-    create_backup /opt/mafl/data
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    mkdir -p /opt/mafl-backup/data
+    mv /opt/mafl/data /opt/mafl-backup/data
+    rm -rf /opt/mafl
+    msg_ok "Backup complete"

-    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mafl" "hywax/mafl" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mafl" "hywax/mafl" "tarball"

    msg_info "Updating Mafl"
    cd /opt/mafl
    $STD yarn install
    $STD yarn build
+    mv /opt/mafl-backup/data /opt/mafl/data
    msg_ok "Mafl updated"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -35,15 +35,26 @@ function update_script() {

    NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs

-    create_backup /opt/magicmirror/config/config.js /opt/magicmirror/css/custom.css /opt/magicmirror/modules
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    rm -rf /opt/magicmirror-backup
+    mkdir /opt/magicmirror-backup
+    cp /opt/magicmirror/config/config.js /opt/magicmirror-backup
+    if [[ -f /opt/magicmirror/css/custom.css ]]; then
+      cp /opt/magicmirror/css/custom.css /opt/magicmirror-backup
+    fi
+    cp -r /opt/magicmirror/modules /opt/magicmirror-backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up data"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "magicmirror" "MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Configuring MagicMirror"
    cd /opt/magicmirror
    sed -i -E 's/("postinstall": )".*"/\1""/; s/("prepare": )".*"/\1""/' package.json
    $STD npm run install-mm
+    cp /opt/magicmirror-backup/config.js /opt/magicmirror/config/
+    if [[ -f /opt/magicmirror-backup/custom.css ]]; then
+      cp /opt/magicmirror-backup/custom.css /opt/magicmirror/css/
+    fi
    msg_ok "Configured MagicMirror"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop mail-archiver
    msg_ok "Stopped Mail-Archiver"

-    create_backup /opt/mail-archiver/DataProtection-Keys
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    cp /opt/mail-archiver/appsettings.json /opt/mail-archiver/.env /opt/
+    [[ -d /opt/mail-archiver/DataProtection-Keys ]] && cp -r /opt/mail-archiver/DataProtection-Keys /opt
    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mail-archiver" "s1t5/mail-archiver" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Mail-Archiver"
    mv /opt/mail-archiver /opt/mail-archiver-build
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ function update_script() {
    rm -rf /opt/mail-archiver-build
    msg_ok "Updated Mail-Archiver"

+    msg_info "Restoring Backup"
+    cp /opt/appsettings.json /opt/.env /opt/mail-archiver
+    [[ -d /opt/DataProtection-Keys ]] && cp -r /opt/DataProtection-Keys /opt/mail-archiver/
+    msg_ok "Restored Backup"

    msg_info "Starting Mail-Archiver"
    systemctl start mail-archiver
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop manyfold.target manyfold-rails.1 manyfold-default_worker.1 manyfold-performance_worker.1
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/manyfold/app/storage /opt/manyfold/app/tmp
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -oP 'APP_VERSION=\K[^ ]+' /opt/manyfold/.env || echo "unknown")
+    cp -r /opt/manyfold/app/storage /opt/manyfold_storage_backup 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp -r /opt/manyfold/app/tmp /opt/manyfold_tmp_backup 2>/dev/null || true
+    $STD tar -czf "/opt/manyfold_${CURRENT_VERSION}_backup.tar.gz" -C /opt/manyfold app
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "manyfold" "manyfold3d/manyfold" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/manyfold/app"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Configuring Manyfold"
    RUBY_INSTALL_VERSION=$(cat /opt/manyfold/app/.ruby-version)
@@ -51,6 +55,14 @@ function update_script() {

    RUBY_VERSION=${RUBY_INSTALL_VERSION} RUBY_INSTALL_RAILS="true" HOME=/home/manyfold setup_ruby

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    rm -rf /opt/manyfold/app/{storage,tmp}
+    cp -r /opt/manyfold_storage_backup /opt/manyfold/app/storage 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp -r /opt/manyfold_tmp_backup /opt/manyfold/app/tmp 2>/dev/null || true
+    chown -R manyfold:manyfold {/home/manyfold,/opt/manyfold}
+    chown -R manyfold:manyfold /opt/manyfold/app/storage /opt/manyfold/app/tmp /opt/manyfold/app/config
+    rm -rf /opt/manyfold_storage_backup /opt/manyfold_tmp_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Installing Manyfold"
    $STD npm install --global corepack
@@ -35,11 +35,28 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop caddy
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/matomo/misc/user
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    [[ -f /opt/matomo/config/config.ini.php ]] && cp /opt/matomo/config/config.ini.php /opt/matomo_config.bak
+    [[ -d /opt/matomo/misc/user ]] && cp -r /opt/matomo/misc/user /opt/matomo_user_backup
+    [[ -f /root/matomo.creds ]] && cp /root/matomo.creds /opt/matomo_db_creds.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "matomo" "matomo-org/matomo" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/matomo" "matomo-*.zip"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    if [[ -f /opt/matomo_config.bak ]]; then
+      mkdir -p /opt/matomo/config
+      cp /opt/matomo_config.bak /opt/matomo/config/config.ini.php
+    fi
+    if [[ -d /opt/matomo_user_backup ]]; then
+      mkdir -p /opt/matomo/misc/user
+      cp -r /opt/matomo_user_backup/. /opt/matomo/misc/user
+    fi
+    [[ -f /opt/matomo_db_creds.bak ]] && cp /opt/matomo_db_creds.bak /root/matomo.creds
+    rm -f /opt/matomo_config.bak /opt/matomo_db_creds.bak
+    rm -rf /opt/matomo_user_backup
+    chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/matomo
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Starting Services"
    systemctl start caddy
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop mealie
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/mealie/mealie.env /opt/mealie/start.sh
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp -f /opt/mealie/mealie.env /opt/mealie.env
+    [[ -f /opt/mealie/start.sh ]] && cp -f /opt/mealie/start.sh /opt/mealie.start.sh
    msg_ok "Backup completed"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "mealie" "mealie-recipes/mealie" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
    mv -f /opt/mealie.env /opt/mealie/mealie.env
@@ -34,15 +34,20 @@ function update_script() {
        systemctl stop metabase
        msg_info "Stopped Service"

-        create_backup /opt/metabase/.env
+        msg_info "Creating backup"
+        mv /opt/metabase/.env /opt
+        msg_ok "Created backup"

        msg_info "Updating Metabase"
        RELEASE=$(get_latest_github_release "metabase/metabase")
        curl -fsSL "https://downloads.metabase.com/v${RELEASE}.x/metabase.jar" -o /opt/metabase/metabase.jar
        echo $RELEASE >~/.metabase
-        restore_backup
        msg_ok "Updated Metabase"

+        msg_info "Restoring backup"
+        mv /opt/.env /opt/metabase
+        msg_ok "Restored backup"
+
        msg_info "Starting Service"
        systemctl start metabase
        msg_ok "Started Service"
@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop metube
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/metube
+    msg_info "Backing up Old Installation"
+    if [[ -d /opt/metube_bak ]]; then
+      rm -rf /opt/metube_bak
+    fi
+    mv /opt/metube /opt/metube_bak
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "metube" "alexta69/metube" "tarball" "latest"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Building Frontend"
    cd /opt/metube/ui
@@ -71,6 +75,12 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD uv sync
    msg_ok "Installed Backend"

+    msg_info "Restoring .env"
+    if [[ -f /opt/metube_bak/.env ]]; then
+      cp /opt/metube_bak/.env /opt/metube/.env
+    fi
+    rm -rf /opt/metube_bak
+    msg_ok "Restored .env"

    if grep -q 'pipenv' /etc/systemd/system/metube.service; then
      msg_info "Patching systemd Service"
@@ -42,13 +42,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop apache2
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/monica/.env /opt/monica/storage
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    mv /opt/monica/ /opt/monica-backup
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "monica" "monicahq/monica" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/monica" "monica-v*.tar.bz2"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Configuring monica"
    cd /opt/monica/
+    cp -r /opt/monica-backup/.env /opt/monica
+    cp -r /opt/monica-backup/storage/* /opt/monica/storage/
    $STD composer install --no-interaction --no-dev
    $STD yarn config set ignore-engines true
    $STD yarn install
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD php artisan monica:update --force
    chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/monica
    chmod -R 775 /opt/monica/storage
+    rm -r /opt/monica-backup
    msg_ok "Configured monica"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop musicseerr
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/musicseerr/backend/config /opt/musicseerr/backend/cache
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp -a /opt/musicseerr/backend/config /opt/musicseerr_config_backup
+    cp -a /opt/musicseerr/backend/cache /opt/musicseerr_cache_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "musicseerr" "HabiRabbu/Musicseerr" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
    NODE_VERSION="25" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@10.33.0" setup_nodejs

    msg_info "Building Frontend"
@@ -58,6 +60,12 @@ function update_script() {
    cp -r /opt/musicseerr/frontend/build /opt/musicseerr/backend/static
    msg_ok "Updated Application"

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    rm -rf /opt/musicseerr/backend/config /opt/musicseerr/backend/cache
+    cp -a /opt/musicseerr_config_backup/. /opt/musicseerr/backend/config/
+    cp -a /opt/musicseerr_cache_backup/. /opt/musicseerr/backend/cache/
+    rm -rf /opt/musicseerr_config_backup /opt/musicseerr_cache_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start musicseerr
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ function update_script() {
    exit
  fi

-    create_backup /usr/local/nagios/etc
+  msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+  cp -a /usr/local/nagios/etc /opt/nagios-etc-backup
+  msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

  if check_for_gh_release "nagios" "NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore"; then
    msg_info "Stopping Nagios"
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@ function update_script() {
    msg_ok "Stopped Nagios"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "nagios" "NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Building Nagios Core"
    cd /opt/nagios
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ function update_script() {
    msg_ok "Built Nagios Plugins"
  fi

+  msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+  rm -rf /usr/local/nagios/etc
+  cp -a /opt/nagios-etc-backup /usr/local/nagios/etc
+  rm -rf /opt/nagios-etc-backup
+  msg_ok "Restored Configuration"
  msg_ok "Updated successfully!"
  exit
 }
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop nametag
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/nametag/data
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/nametag/.env /opt/nametag.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/nametag/data /opt/nametag_data_bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "nametag" "mattogodoy/nametag" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/nametag"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Rebuilding Application"
    cd /opt/nametag
@@ -52,6 +54,12 @@ function update_script() {
    cp -r /opt/nametag/public /opt/nametag/.next/standalone/public
    msg_ok "Rebuilt Application"

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/nametag.env.bak /opt/nametag/.env
+    cp -r /opt/nametag_data_bak/. /opt/nametag/data/
+    rm -f /opt/nametag.env.bak
+    rm -rf /opt/nametag_data_bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Running Migrations"
    cd /opt/nametag
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop neko
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /etc/neko/neko.yaml
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /etc/neko/neko.yaml /opt/neko.yaml.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "neko" "m1k1o/neko" "tarball"

@@ -54,7 +56,10 @@ function update_script() {
    cp -r /opt/neko/server/bin/plugins/* /etc/neko/plugins/ 2>/dev/null || true
    msg_ok "Built Server"

-    restore_backup
+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/neko.yaml.bak /etc/neko/neko.yaml
+    rm -f /opt/neko.yaml.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start neko
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ function update_script() {
  fi

  if check_for_gh_release "netboot-xyz" "netbootxyz/netboot.xyz"; then
-    create_backup /var/www/html/boot.cfg
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /var/www/html/boot.cfg /opt/netboot-xyz-boot.cfg.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "netboot-xyz" "netbootxyz/netboot.xyz" "prebuild" "latest" "/var/www/html" "menus.tar.gz"

@@ -68,7 +70,10 @@ function update_script() {
    USE_ORIGINAL_FILENAME=true fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "netboot-xyz-multiarch-img" "netbootxyz/netboot.xyz" "singlefile" "latest" "/var/www/html" "netboot.xyz-multiarch.img"
    USE_ORIGINAL_FILENAME=true fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "netboot-xyz-checksums" "netbootxyz/netboot.xyz" "singlefile" "latest" "/var/www/html" "netboot.xyz-sha256-checksums.txt"

-    restore_backup
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/netboot-xyz-boot.cfg.bak /var/www/html/boot.cfg
+    rm -f /opt/netboot-xyz-boot.cfg.bak
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_ok "Updated successfully!"
  fi
@@ -34,15 +34,20 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop netbox netbox-rq
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py \
-      /opt/netbox/netbox/media /opt/netbox/netbox/scripts /opt/netbox/netbox/reports \
-      /opt/netbox/gunicorn.py /opt/netbox/local_requirements.txt \
-      /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py
+    msg_info "Backing up NetBox configurations"
+    mv /opt/netbox/ /opt/netbox-backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up NetBox configurations"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "netbox" "netbox-community/netbox" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+
+    cp -r /opt/netbox-backup/netbox/netbox/configuration.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/
+    cp -r /opt/netbox-backup/netbox/{media,scripts,reports}/ /opt/netbox/netbox/
+    cp -r /opt/netbox-backup/gunicorn.py /opt/netbox/
+    [[ -f /opt/netbox-backup/local_requirements.txt ]] && cp -r /opt/netbox-backup/local_requirements.txt /opt/netbox/
+    [[ -f /opt/netbox-backup/netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py ]] && cp -r /opt/netbox-backup/netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/

    $STD /opt/netbox/upgrade.sh
+    rm -r /opt/netbox-backup

    msg_info "Starting Services"
    systemctl start netbox netbox-rq
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop nginx-ui
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /usr/local/etc/nginx-ui/app.ini
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /usr/local/etc/nginx-ui/app.ini /tmp/nginx-ui-app.ini.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "nginx-ui" "0xJacky/nginx-ui" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/nginx-ui" "nginx-ui-linux-64.tar.gz"

@@ -43,9 +45,12 @@ function update_script() {
    cp /opt/nginx-ui/nginx-ui /usr/local/bin/nginx-ui
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nginx-ui
    rm -rf /opt/nginx-ui
-    restore_backup
    msg_ok "Updated Binary"

+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    mv /tmp/nginx-ui-app.ini.bak /usr/local/etc/nginx-ui/app.ini
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"
+
    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start nginx-ui
    msg_ok "Started Service"
@@ -33,11 +33,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop ombi
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/ombi/Ombi.db /opt/ombi/OmbiExternal.db /opt/ombi/OmbiSettings.db /opt/ombi/database.json
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    [[ -f /opt/ombi/Ombi.db ]] && mv /opt/ombi/Ombi.db /opt
+    [[ -f /opt/ombi/OmbiExternal.db ]] && mv /opt/ombi/OmbiExternal.db /opt
+    [[ -f /opt/ombi/OmbiSettings.db ]] && mv /opt/ombi/OmbiSettings.db /opt
+    [[ -f /opt/ombi/database.json ]] && mv /opt/ombi/database.json /opt
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    rm -rf /opt/ombi
    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ombi" "Ombi-app/Ombi" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/ombi" "linux-x64.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+    [[ -f /opt/Ombi.db ]] && mv /opt/Ombi.db /opt/ombi
+    [[ -f /opt/OmbiExternal.db ]] && mv /opt/OmbiExternal.db /opt/ombi
+    [[ -f /opt/OmbiSettings.db ]] && mv /opt/OmbiSettings.db /opt/ombi
+    [[ -f /opt/database.json ]] && mv /opt/database.json /opt/ombi

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start ombi
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop opengist
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/opengist/config.yml
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    mv /opt/opengist /opt/opengist-backup
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "opengist" "thomiceli/opengist" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/opengist" "opengist*linux-amd64.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    mv /opt/opengist-backup/config.yml /opt/opengist/config.yml
+    msg_ok "Configuration Restored"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start opengist
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop outline
    msg_ok "Services Stopped"

-    create_backup /opt/outline/.env
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    cp /opt/outline/.env /opt
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "outline" "outline/outline" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Outline"
    cd /opt/outline
+    mv /opt/.env /opt/outline
    export NODE_ENV=development
    export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=3584"
    export COREPACK_ENABLE_DOWNLOAD_PROMPT=0
@@ -61,15 +61,18 @@ EOF
    systemctl stop overseerr
    msg_ok "Service stopped"

-    create_backup /opt/overseerr/config
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    mv /opt/overseerr/config /opt/config_backup
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "overseerr" "sct/overseerr" "tarball"
+    rm -rf /opt/overseerr/config

    msg_info "Configuring ${APP} (Patience)"
    cd /opt/overseerr
    $STD yarn install
    $STD yarn build
-    restore_backup
+    mv /opt/config_backup /opt/overseerr/config
    msg_ok "Configured ${APP}"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop ownfoil
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/ownfoil/app/config
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp -r /opt/ownfoil/app/config /opt/ownfoil_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "ownfoil" "a1ex4/ownfoil" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
    cd /opt/ownfoil
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD uv pip install -r requirements.txt
    msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp -r /opt/ownfoil_data_backup /opt/ownfoil/app/config
+    rm -rf /opt/ownfoil_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start ownfoil
@@ -41,10 +41,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop gerbil
    msg_info "Service stopped"

-    create_backup /opt/pangolin/config
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    tar -czf /opt/pangolin_config_backup.tar.gz -C /opt/pangolin config
+    if [[ -f /opt/pangolin/config/db/db.sqlite ]]; then
+      cp -a /opt/pangolin/config/db/db.sqlite \
+        "/opt/pangolin/config/db/db.sqlite.pre-${PANGOLIN_VERSION}-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).bak"
+    fi
+    msg_ok "Created backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pangolin" "fosrl/pangolin" "tarball" "$PANGOLIN_VERSION"
-    restore_backup
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "gerbil" "fosrl/gerbil" "singlefile" "latest" "/usr/bin" "gerbil_linux_amd64"

    msg_info "Updating Pangolin"
@@ -63,6 +68,10 @@ function update_script() {
    cp server/db/mac_models.json ./dist/mac_models.json
    msg_ok "Updated Pangolin"

+    msg_info "Restoring config"
+    tar -xzf /opt/pangolin_config_backup.tar.gz -C /opt/pangolin --overwrite
+    rm -f /opt/pangolin_config_backup.tar.gz
+    msg_ok "Restored config"

    if ! grep -q '^ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/node dist/migrations.mjs' /etc/systemd/system/pangolin.service 2>/dev/null; then
      msg_info "Adding migration step to pangolin.service"
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop paperclip
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/paperclip-ai/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /opt/paperclip-ai/.env /opt/paperclip.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "paperclip-ai" "paperclipai/paperclip" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    mv /opt/paperclip.env.bak /opt/paperclip-ai/.env
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Rebuilding Paperclip"
    cd /opt/paperclip-ai
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop paperless-ai paperless-rag
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/paperless-ai/data
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    cp -r /opt/paperless-ai/data /opt/paperless-ai-data-backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up data"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "paperless-ai" "clusterzx/paperless-ai" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring data"
+    cp -r /opt/paperless-ai-data-backup/* /opt/paperless-ai/data/
+    rm -rf /opt/paperless-ai-data-backup
+    msg_ok "Restored data"

    msg_info "Updating Paperless-AI"
    cd /opt/paperless-ai
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop papra
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/papra/apps/papra-server/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    if [[ -f /opt/papra/apps/papra-server/.env ]]; then
+      cp /opt/papra/apps/papra-server/.env /opt/papra_env.bak
+    fi
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "papra" "papra-hq/papra" "tarball"

@@ -44,8 +48,9 @@ function update_script() {

    msg_info "Building Application"
    cd /opt/papra
-    restore_backup
-    if [[ ! -f /opt/papra/apps/papra-server/.env ]]; then
+    if [[ -f /opt/papra_env.bak ]]; then
+      cp /opt/papra_env.bak /opt/papra/apps/papra-server/.env
+    else
      msg_warn ".env missing, regenerating from defaults"
      LOCAL_IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
      cat <<EOF >/opt/papra/apps/papra-server/.env
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ EOF
    $STD pnpm --filter "@papra/app-client..." run build
    $STD pnpm --filter "@papra/app-server..." run build
    ln -sf /opt/papra/apps/papra-client/dist /opt/papra/apps/papra-server/public
+    rm -f /opt/papra_env.bak
    msg_ok "Built Application"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -68,12 +68,11 @@ function update_script() {
      msg_info "Stopping Service"
      systemctl stop pocketid
      msg_ok "Stopped Service"
+      cp /opt/pocket-id/.env /opt/env
    fi

-    create_backup /opt/pocket-id/.env
-
    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "pocket-id" "pocket-id/pocket-id" "singlefile" "latest" "/opt/pocket-id/" "pocket-id-linux-amd64"
-    restore_backup
+    mv /opt/env /opt/pocket-id/.env

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start pocketid
@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@ function update_script() {
  msg_ok "Updated PowerDNS"

  if check_for_gh_release "poweradmin" "poweradmin/poweradmin"; then
-    create_backup /opt/poweradmin/config/settings.php /opt/poweradmin/powerdns.db
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    cp /opt/poweradmin/config/settings.php /opt/poweradmin_settings.php.bak
+    cp /opt/poweradmin/powerdns.db /opt/poweradmin_powerdns.db.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "poweradmin" "poweradmin/poweradmin" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Poweradmin"
+    cp /opt/poweradmin_settings.php.bak /opt/poweradmin/config/settings.php
+    cp /opt/poweradmin_powerdns.db.bak /opt/poweradmin/powerdns.db
    rm -rf /opt/poweradmin/install
+    rm -f /opt/poweradmin_settings.php.bak /opt/poweradmin_powerdns.db.bak
    chown -R www-data:pdns /opt/poweradmin
    chmod 775 /opt/poweradmin
    chown pdns:pdns /opt/poweradmin/powerdns.db
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ function update_script() {
    exit
  fi
  if check_for_gh_release "privatebin" "PrivateBin/PrivateBin"; then
-    create_backup /opt/privatebin/cfg/conf.php
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    cp -f /opt/privatebin/cfg/conf.php /tmp/privatebin_conf.bak
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    rm -rf /opt/privatebin/*
    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "privatebin" "PrivateBin/PrivateBin" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Configuring ${APP}"
    mkdir -p /opt/privatebin/data
+    mv /tmp/privatebin_conf.bak /opt/privatebin/cfg/conf.php
    chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/privatebin
    chmod -R 0755 /opt/privatebin/data
    systemctl reload nginx php8.2-fpm
@@ -34,10 +34,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop blackbox-exporter
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/blackbox-exporter/blackbox.yml
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
+    mv /opt/blackbox-exporter/blackbox.yml /opt
+    msg_ok "Backup created"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "blackbox-exporter" "prometheus/blackbox_exporter" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/blackbox-exporter" "blackbox_exporter-*.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring backup"
+    cp -r /opt/blackbox.yml /opt/blackbox-exporter
+    rm -f /opt/blackbox.yml
+    msg_ok "Backup restored"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start blackbox-exporter
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ function update_script() {

    ensure_dependencies git

-    create_backup /opt/reactive-resume/.env
-
+    cp /opt/reactive-resume/.env /opt/reactive-resume.env.bak
    NODE_VERSION="24" setup_nodejs
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "reactive-resume" "amruthpillai/reactive-resume" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/reactive-resume"

@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ function update_script() {
    export NODE_ENV="production"
    $STD pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
    $STD pnpm run build
-    restore_backup
+    mv /opt/reactive-resume.env.bak /opt/reactive-resume/.env
    msg_ok "Updated Reactive Resume"

    msg_info "Updating Service"
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop romm-backend romm-worker romm-scheduler romm-watcher
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/romm/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up configuration"
+    cp /opt/romm/.env /opt/romm/.env.backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up configuration"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "romm" "rommapp/romm" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/romm"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating ROMM"
+    cp /opt/romm/.env.backup /opt/romm/.env
    cd /opt/romm
    $STD uv sync --all-extras
    cd /opt/romm/backend
@@ -35,10 +35,18 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop rustypaste
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/rustypaste/config.toml /opt/rustypaste/upload
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    tar -czf "/opt/rustypaste_backup_$(date +%F).tar.gz" /opt/rustypaste/upload 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp /opt/rustypaste/config.toml /tmp/rustypaste_config.toml.bak
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "rustypaste" "orhun/rustypaste" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/rustypaste" "*x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    mv /tmp/rustypaste_config.toml.bak /opt/rustypaste/config.toml
+    tar -xzf "/opt/rustypaste_backup_$(date +%F).tar.gz" -C /opt/rustypaste/upload 2>/dev/null || true
+    rm -rf /opt/rustypaste_backup_$(date +%F).tar.gz
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Starting Services"
    systemctl start rustypaste
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ EOF
    systemctl stop seerr
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/seerr/config
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    cp -a /opt/seerr/config /opt/seerr_backup
+    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "seerr" "seerr-team/seerr" "tarball"

@@ -143,7 +145,10 @@ EOF
    $STD pnpm build
    msg_ok "Updated Seerr"

-    restore_backup
+    msg_info "Restoring Backup"
+    rm -rf /opt/seerr/config
+    mv /opt/seerr_backup /opt/seerr/config
+    msg_ok "Restored Backup"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start seerr
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop shlink
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/shlink/data
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/shlink/.env /opt/shlink.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/shlink/data /opt/shlink_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "shlink" "shlinkio/shlink" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/shlink" "shlink*_php8.5_dist.zip"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/shlink.env.bak /opt/shlink/.env
+    rm -f /opt/shlink.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/shlink_data_backup/. /opt/shlink/data
+    rm -rf /opt/shlink_data_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Updating Application"
    cd /opt/shlink
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ function update_script() {
    [[ -f /etc/systemd/system/soularr.service ]] && systemctl stop soularr.timer soularr.service
    msg_ok "Stopped Service(s)"

-    create_backup /opt/slskd/config/slskd.yml
+    msg_info "Backing up config"
+    cp /opt/slskd/config/slskd.yml /opt/slskd.yml.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up config"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Slskd" "slskd/slskd" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/slskd" "slskd-*-linux-x64.zip"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring config"
+    mv /opt/slskd.yml.bak /opt/slskd/config/slskd.yml

    # Migrate 0.25.0 breaking config key renames
    sed -i 's/^global:/transfers:/' /opt/slskd/config/slskd.yml
@@ -59,12 +63,13 @@ function update_script() {
      msg_ok "Stopped Timer and Service"
    fi

-    create_backup /opt/soularr/config.ini /opt/soularr/run.sh
+    msg_info "Backing up Soularr config"
+    cp /opt/soularr/config.ini /opt/soularr_config.ini.bak
+    cp /opt/soularr/run.sh /opt/soularr_run.sh.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Soularr config"

    PYTHON_VERSION="3.11" setup_uv
    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "Soularr" "mrusse/soularr" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/soularr"
-    restore_backup
-
    msg_info "Updating Soularr"
    cd /opt/soularr
    $STD uv venv -c venv
@@ -73,6 +78,11 @@ function update_script() {
    deactivate
    msg_ok "Updated Soularr"

+    msg_info "Restoring Soularr config"
+    mv /opt/soularr_config.ini.bak /opt/soularr/config.ini
+    mv /opt/soularr_run.sh.bak /opt/soularr/run.sh
+    msg_ok "Restored Soularr config"
+
    msg_info "Starting Soularr Timer"
    systemctl restart soularr.timer
    msg_ok "Started Soularr Timer"
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop nginx
    msg_ok "Services Stopped"

-    create_backup /opt/snipe-it/.env /opt/snipe-it/public/uploads /opt/snipe-it/storage/private_uploads
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mv /opt/snipe-it /opt/snipe-it-backup
+    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "snipe-it" "grokability/snipe-it" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
    [[ "$(php -v 2>/dev/null)" == PHP\ 8.2* ]] && PHP_VERSION="8.3" PHP_FPM="YES" PHP_MODULE="ldap,soap,xsl" setup_php
    sed -i 's/php8.2/php8.3/g' /etc/nginx/conf.d/snipeit.conf
    setup_composer
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ function update_script() {
    msg_info "Updating Snipe-IT"
    $STD apt update
    $STD apt -y upgrade
+    cp /opt/snipe-it-backup/.env /opt/snipe-it/.env
+    cp -r /opt/snipe-it-backup/public/uploads/. /opt/snipe-it/public/uploads/
+    cp -r /opt/snipe-it-backup/storage/private_uploads/. /opt/snipe-it/storage/private_uploads/
    cd /opt/snipe-it/
    export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
    $STD composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD php artisan view:clear
    chown -R www-data: /opt/snipe-it
    chmod -R 755 /opt/snipe-it
+    rm -rf /opt/snipe-it-backup
    msg_ok "Updated Snipe-IT"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop caddy
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/solidtime/storage
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/solidtime/.env /opt/solidtime.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/solidtime/storage /opt/solidtime_storage_backup
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "solidtime" "solidtime-io/solidtime" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

+    msg_info "Restoring Data"
+    cp /opt/solidtime.env.bak /opt/solidtime/.env
+    rm -f /opt/solidtime.env.bak
+    cp -r /opt/solidtime_storage_backup/. /opt/solidtime/storage
+    rm -rf /opt/solidtime_storage_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored Data"

    msg_info "Updating Application"
    cd /opt/solidtime
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop soulsync
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/soulsync/config /opt/soulsync/data
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    mv /opt/soulsync/config /opt/soulsync-config.bak
+    mv /opt/soulsync/data /opt/soulsync-data.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "soulsync" "Nezreka/SoulSync" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Python Dependencies"
    cd /opt/soulsync
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD npm run build
    msg_ok "Built WebUI"

+    mv /opt/soulsync-config.bak /opt/soulsync/config
+    mv /opt/soulsync-data.bak /opt/soulsync/data
+
    msg_info "Starting Service"
    systemctl start soulsync
    msg_ok "Started Service"
@@ -35,10 +35,17 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop sparkyfitness-server nginx
    msg_ok "Stopped Services"

-    create_backup /opt/sparkyfitness/SparkyFitnessServer/uploads
+    msg_info "Backing up data"
+    mkdir -p /opt/sparkyfitness_backup
+    if [[ -d /opt/sparkyfitness/SparkyFitnessServer/uploads ]]; then
+      cp -r /opt/sparkyfitness/SparkyFitnessServer/uploads /opt/sparkyfitness_backup/
+    fi
+    if [[ -d /opt/sparkyfitness/SparkyFitnessServer/backup ]]; then
+      cp -r /opt/sparkyfitness/SparkyFitnessServer/backup /opt/sparkyfitness_backup/
+    fi
+    msg_ok "Backed up data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "sparkyfitness" "CodeWithCJ/SparkyFitness" "tarball"
-    restore_backup

    PNPM_VERSION="$(jq -r '.packageManager | split("@")[1]' /opt/sparkyfitness/package.json)"
    NODE_VERSION="25" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@${PNPM_VERSION}" setup_nodejs
@@ -89,6 +96,10 @@ EOF
    systemctl daemon-reload
    msg_ok "Refreshed SparkyFitness Service"

+    msg_info "Restoring data"
+    cp -r /opt/sparkyfitness_backup/. /opt/sparkyfitness/SparkyFitnessServer/
+    rm -rf /opt/sparkyfitness_backup
+    msg_ok "Restored data"

    msg_info "Starting Services"
    $STD systemctl start sparkyfitness-server nginx
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ function update_script() {
    $STD apt --only-upgrade install -y speedtest
    msg_ok "Updated Speedtest CLI"

-    create_backup /opt/speedtest-tracker/.env
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    cp -r /opt/speedtest-tracker /opt/speedtest-tracker-backup
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "speedtest-tracker" "alexjustesen/speedtest-tracker" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/speedtest-tracker"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Speedtest Tracker"
+    cp -r /opt/speedtest-tracker-backup/.env /opt/speedtest-tracker/.env
    cd /opt/speedtest-tracker
    export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
    $STD composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop spliit
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/spliit/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Configuration"
+    rm -f /opt/spliit.env.bak
+    cp /opt/spliit/.env /opt/spliit.env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Configuration"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "spliit" "spliit-app/spliit" "tarball"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    cp /opt/spliit.env.bak /opt/spliit/.env
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Building Application"
    cd /opt/spliit
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop spoolman
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/spoolman
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    [ -d /opt/spoolman_bak ] && rm -rf /opt/spoolman_bak
+    mv /opt/spoolman /opt/spoolman_bak
    msg_ok "Created Backup"

    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "spoolman" "Donkie/Spoolman" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/spoolman" "spoolman.zip"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Spoolman"
    cd /opt/spoolman
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop storyteller
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/storyteller/.env
+    msg_info "Backing up Data"
+    cp /opt/storyteller/.env /opt/storyteller_env.bak
+    msg_ok "Backed up Data"

    CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gl_release "storyteller" "storyteller-platform/storyteller" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/storyteller"
-    restore_backup
+
+    msg_info "Restoring Configuration"
+    mv /opt/storyteller_env.bak /opt/storyteller/.env
+    msg_ok "Restored Configuration"

    msg_info "Rebuilding Storyteller"
    cd /opt/storyteller
@@ -43,14 +43,17 @@ function update_script() {
    systemctl stop tandoor
    msg_ok "Stopped Service"

-    create_backup /opt/tandoor/config /opt/tandoor/api /opt/tandoor/mediafiles /opt/tandoor/staticfiles /opt/tandoor/.env
+    msg_info "Creating Backup"
+    mv /opt/tandoor /opt/tandoor.bak
+    msg_ok "Backup Created"

    NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="yarn" setup_nodejs
    PYTHON_VERSION="3.13" setup_uv
    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "tandoor" "TandoorRecipes/recipes" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/tandoor"
-    restore_backup

    msg_info "Updating Tandoor"
+    cp -r /opt/tandoor.bak/{config,api,mediafiles,staticfiles} /opt/tandoor/
+    mv /opt/tandoor.bak/.env /opt/tandoor/.env
    cd /opt/tandoor
    $STD uv venv --clear .venv --python=python3
    $STD uv pip install -r requirements.txt --python .venv/bin/python
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ EOF
    cd /opt/tandoor
    $STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python manage.py migrate
    $STD /opt/tandoor/.venv/bin/python manage.py collectstatic --no-input
+    rm -rf /opt/tandoor.bak
    msg_ok "Updated Tandoor"

    msg_info "Starting Service"
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