diff --git a/full-backup.sh b/full-backup.sh
index cc8fecb..f47168d 100755
--- a/full-backup.sh
+++ b/full-backup.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SCRIPT_ABS_LOCATION=$(realpath "$(dirname "${0}")")
 
 # Define an array of application names
-declare -a apps=("cryptpad" "immich" "duplicati" "nextcloud" "vaultwarden" "forgejo")
+declare -a apps=("cryptpad" "immich" "duplicati" "nextcloud" "vaultwarden" "forgejo" "portainer")
 
 # Function to execute the backup script for each application
 backup_app() {
diff --git a/portainer/portainer-backup.sh b/portainer/portainer-backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0441641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portainer/portainer-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SCRIPT_ABS_LOCATION=$(realpath "$(dirname "${0}")")
+
+source $SCRIPT_ABS_LOCATION/portainer-backup.env
+source $SCRIPT_ABS_LOCATION/../logger.sh
+
+# Container Names 
+APP_CONTAINER="portainer"
+BACKUP_CONTAINER="duplicati"   
+
+SOURCE_DIR="/volumes/portainer"
+BACKUP_DESTINATION="$BACKUP_DESTINATION"
+BACKUP_ENCR_PASSPHRASE="$BACKUP_ENCR_PASSPHRASE"
+
+# Cloud Storage Authentication
+SFTP_USERNAME="$SFTP_USERNAME"
+SFTP_PASSWORD="$SFTP_PASSWORD"
+SFTP_FINGERPRINT="$SFTP_FINGERPRINT"
+
+# Log file
+LOG_FILE="$SCRIPT_ABS_LOCATION/portainer-backup.log"
+
+# Stop portainer container 
+log "Stopping portainer container..."
+docker stop $APP_CONTAINER || { log "Error: Failed to stop portainer."; exit 1; }
+
+# Backup all files to target destination
+log "Backing up portainer files (including the SQLite database)..."
+docker exec $BACKUP_CONTAINER \
+	duplicati-cli backup \
+	ssh://$BACKUP_DESTINATION \
+	$SOURCE_DIR \
+	--backup-name="portainer backup" \
+  --keep-versions=7 \
+	--auth-username=$SFTP_USERNAME \
+	--auth-password=$SFTP_PASSWORD \
+	--passphrase=$BACKUP_ENCR_PASSPHRASE \
+	--ssh-fingerprint="$SFTP_FINGERPRINT" \
+	--prefix="portainer" || { log "Error: Failed to backup portainer files and database."; exit 1; }
+
+# Turn off Maintenance Mode
+log "Starting portainer container..."
+docker start $APP_CONTAINER || { log "Error: Failed to start portainer container."; exit 1; }
+
+log "portainer backup completed successfully."