diff --git a/scripts/backup b/scripts/backup
index 907da7a..e43037b 100755
--- a/scripts/backup
+++ b/scripts/backup
@@ -1,55 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-#=================================================
-# GENERIC START
-#=================================================
-# IMPORT GENERIC HELPERS
-#=================================================
-
-# Keep this path for calling _common.sh inside the execution's context of backup and restore scripts
 source ../settings/scripts/_common.sh
 source /usr/share/yunohost/helpers
 
-#=================================================
-# DECLARE DATA AND CONF FILES TO BACKUP
-#=================================================
 ynh_print_info --message="Declaring files to be backed up..."
-
-#=================================================
-# BACKUP THE APP MAIN DIR
-#=================================================
-
 ynh_backup --src_path="$install_dir"
-
-#=================================================
-# BACKUP THE DATA DIR
-#=================================================
-
-ynh_backup --src_path="$data_dir" --is_big
-
-#=================================================
-# BACKUP THE NGINX CONFIGURATION
-#=================================================
-
 ynh_backup --src_path="/etc/nginx/conf.d/$domain.d/$app.conf"
-
-#=================================================
-# BACKUP FAIL2BAN CONFIGURATION
-#=================================================
-
-ynh_backup --src_path="/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/$app.conf"
-ynh_backup --src_path="/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/$app.conf"
-
-#=================================================
-# SPECIFIC BACKUP
-#=================================================
-# BACKUP LOGROTATE
-#=================================================
-
+# ynh_backup --src_path="/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/$app.conf"
+# ynh_backup --src_path="/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/$app.conf"
 ynh_backup --src_path="/etc/logrotate.d/$app"
 
-#=================================================
-# END OF SCRIPT
-#=================================================
+# for the following backups we'll want to stop flohmarkt and couchdb
+# to guarentee a consistant state
+ynh_print_info --message="Stopping flohmarkt and couchdb to backup data..."
+yunohost service stop flohmarkt
+systemctl stop couchdb
+
+ynh_backup --src_path="$data_dir" --is_big
+ynh_backup --src_path="/var/lib/couchdb" --is_big
+
+ynh_print_info --message="...done. Starting couchdb and flohmarkt."
+systemctl start couchdb
+yunohost service start flohmarkt
 
 ynh_print_info --message="Backup script completed for $app. (YunoHost will then actually copy those files to the archive)."