diff --git a/bin/backup.pl b/bin/backup.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a437282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/backup.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use v5.36;
+
+use feature qw< state >;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use MetaCPAN::Logger qw< :log :dlog >;
+use Cpanel::JSON::XS qw< decode_json encode_json >;
+use DateTime ();
+use IO::Zlib ();
+use Path::Tiny qw< path >;
+use Try::Tiny qw< catch try >;
+
+use MetaCPAN::ES;
+use MetaCPAN::Ingest qw< home >;
+
+# config
+
+# args
+my $batch_size = 100;
+my $size       = 1000;
+my $index      = "cpan";
+
+my ( $type, $purge, $dry_run, $restore );
+GetOptions(
+    "batch_size=i" => \$batch_size,
+    "purge"        => \$purge,
+    "dry_run"      => \$dry_run,
+    "size=i"       => \$size,
+    "index=s"      => \$index,
+    "type=s"       => \$type,
+    "restore=s"    => \$restore,
+);
+
+# setup
+my $home = path( home() );
+
+run_restore() if $restore;
+run_purge()   if $purge;
+run_backup() unless $restore or $purge;
+
+1;
+
+###
+
+sub run_restore () {
+    my $restore_path;
+    $restore_path = path($restore);
+    $restore_path->exists or die "$restore doesn't exist\n";
+
+    log_info { 'Restoring from ', $restore_path };
+
+    my @bulk;
+
+    my $fh = IO::Zlib->new( $restore_path->stringify, 'rb' );
+
+    my %es_store;
+    my %bulk_store;
+
+    while ( my $line = $fh->readline ) {
+
+        state $line_count = 0;
+        ++$line_count;
+        my $raw;
+
+        try { $raw = decode_json($line) }
+        catch {
+            log_warn {"cannot decode JSON: $line --- $&"};
+        };
+
+        # Create our bulk_helper if we need,
+        # incase a backup has mixed _index or _type
+        # create a new bulk helper for each
+        my $key = $raw->{_index} . $raw->{_type};
+
+        $es_store{$key} ||= MetaCPAN::ES->new(
+            index => $raw->{_index},
+            type  => $raw->{_type},
+        );
+        my $es = $es_store{$key};
+
+        $bulk_store{$key} ||= $es->bulk( max_count => $batch_size );
+        my $bulk = $bulk_store{$key};
+
+        my $parent = $raw->{fields}->{_parent};
+
+        if ( $raw->{_type} eq 'author' ) {
+
+            # Hack for dodgy lat / lon's
+            if ( my $loc = $raw->{_source}->{location} ) {
+
+                my $lat = $loc->[1];
+                my $lon = $loc->[0];
+
+                if ( $lat > 90 or $lat < -90 ) {
+
+                    # Invalid latitude
+                    delete $raw->{_source}->{location};
+                }
+                elsif ( $lon > 180 or $lon < -180 ) {
+
+                    # Invalid longitude
+                    delete $raw->{_source}->{location};
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( $es->exists( id => $raw->{_id} ) ) {
+
+            $bulk->update( {
+                id            => $raw->{_id},
+                doc           => $raw->{_source},
+                doc_as_upsert => 1,
+            } );
+
+        }
+        else {
+
+            $bulk->create( {
+                id => $raw->{_id},
+                $parent ? ( parent => $parent ) : (),
+                source => $raw->{_source},
+            } );
+        }
+    }
+
+    # Flush anything left over just incase
+    $_->index_refresh for values %es_store;
+    $_->flush         for values %bulk_store;
+
+    log_info {'done'};
+}
+
+sub run_purge () {
+    my $now    = DateTime->now;
+    my $backup = $home->child(qw< var backup >);
+
+    $backup->visit(
+        sub {
+            my $file = shift;
+            return if $file->is_dir;
+
+            my $mtime = DateTime->from_epoch( epoch => $file->stat->mtime );
+
+            # keep a daily backup for one week
+            return if $mtime > $now->clone->subtract( days => 7 );
+
+            # after that keep weekly backups
+            if ( $mtime->clone->truncate( to => 'week' )
+                != $mtime->clone->truncate( to => 'day' ) )
+            {
+                log_info        {"Removing old backup $file"};
+                return log_info {'Not (dry run)'} if $dry_run;
+                $file->remove;
+            }
+        },
+        { recurse => 1 }
+    );
+}
+
+sub run_backup {
+    my $filename = join( '-',
+        DateTime->now->strftime('%F'),
+        grep {defined} $index, $type );
+
+    my $file = $home->child( qw< var backup >, "$filename.json.gz" );
+    $file->parent->mkpath unless ( -e $file->parent );
+    my $fh = IO::Zlib->new( "$file", 'wb4' );
+
+    my $es = MetaCPAN::ES->new(
+        index => $index,
+        ( $type ? ( type => $type ) : () )
+    );
+    my $scroll = $es->scroll(
+        size   => $size,
+        fields => [qw< _parent _source >],
+        scroll => '1m',
+    );
+
+    log_info { 'Backing up ', $scroll->total, ' documents' };
+
+    while ( my $result = $scroll->next ) {
+        print $fh encode_json($result), $/;
+    }
+
+    close $fh;
+    log_info {'done'};
+}
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+MetaCPAN::Script::Backup - Backup indices and types
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ $ bin/backup --index user --type account
+
+ $ bin/backup --purge
+
+ $ bin/backup --restore path
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Creates C<.json.gz> files in C<var/backup>. These files contain
+one record per line.
+
+=head2 purge
+
+Purges old backups. Backups from the current week are kept.
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/ES.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/ES.pm
index cdc05ed..d726cec 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/ES.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/ES.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub new ( $class, %args ) {
             nodes  => [$node],
         ),
         index => $index,
-        type  => $args{type},
+        ( $args{type} ? ( type => $args{type} ) : () ),
     }, $class;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm
index bede979..24bb4a7 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Ingest.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use v5.36;
 
 use Digest::SHA;
 use Encode qw< decode_utf8 >;
+use IPC::Run3 ();
 use LWP::UserAgent;
 use Path::Tiny qw< path >;
 use PAUSE::Permissions ();
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ use Sub::Exporter -setup => {
         extract_section
         fix_version
         handle_error
+        home
         minion
         numify_version
         read_00whois
@@ -137,6 +139,20 @@ sub handle_error ( $error, $die_always ) {
     Carp::croak $error if $die_always;
 }
 
+sub home () {
+    IPC::Run3::run3(
+        [ qw< git rev-parse --show-toplevel > ], # TODO: use alternative persistent path that's accessible from the container
+        \undef, \my $stdout, \my $stderr
+    );
+
+    die $stderr if ($?);
+
+    chomp $stdout;
+    die "Failed to find git dir: '$stdout'" unless -d $stdout;
+
+    return $stdout;
+}
+
 sub minion () {
     require 'Mojo::Server';
     return Mojo::Server->new->build_app('MetaCPAN::API')->minion;