diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
index 9444b5980..62380b221 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
 
+use App\Helpers\Helper;
+use App\Helpers\StorageHelper;
+use App\Http\Transformers\DatatablesTransformer;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Models\Ldap;
@@ -265,4 +268,52 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
 
         return (new LoginAttemptsTransformer)->transformLoginAttempts($login_attempt_results, $total);
     }
+
+
+    public function listBackups() {
+        $settings = Setting::getSettings();
+        $path = 'app/backups';
+        $backup_files = Storage::files($path);
+        $files_raw = [];
+        $count = 0;
+
+        if (count($backup_files) > 0) {
+
+            for ($f = 0; $f < count($backup_files); $f++) {
+
+                // Skip dotfiles like .gitignore and .DS_STORE
+                if ((substr(basename($backup_files[$f]), 0, 1) != '.')) {
+                    $file_timestamp = Storage::lastModified($backup_files[$f]);
+
+                    $files_raw[] = [
+                        'filename' => basename($backup_files[$f]),
+                        'filesize' => Setting::fileSizeConvert(Storage::size($backup_files[$f])),
+                        'modified_value' => $file_timestamp,
+                        'modified_display' => date($settings->date_display_format.' '.$settings->time_display_format, $file_timestamp),
+
+                    ];
+                    $count++;
+                }
+
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        $files = array_reverse($files_raw);
+        return (new DatatablesTransformer)->transformDatatables($files, $count);
+
+    }
+
+
+    public function downloadBackup($file) {
+
+        $path = 'app/backups';
+        if (Storage::exists($path.'/'.$file)) {
+            $headers = ['ContentType' => 'application/zip'];
+            return Storage::download($path.'/'.$file, $file, $headers);
+        } else {
+            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, 'File not found'));
+        }
+
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 0b16f84ad..3c0ab53c7 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -786,6 +786,20 @@ Route::group(['prefix' => 'v1', 'middleware' => ['api', 'throttle:api']], functi
             ]
             )->name('api.settings.mailtest');
 
+            Route::get('backups',
+                [
+                    Api\SettingsController::class,
+                    'listBackups'
+                ]
+            )->name('api.settings.backups.index');
+
+            Route::get('backups/download/{file}',
+                [
+                    Api\SettingsController::class,
+                    'downloadBackup'
+                ]
+            )->name('api.settings.backups.download');
+
         }); 
         
         Route::resource('settings',