diff --git a/medicine/backup_media.sh b/medicine/backup_media.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+mkdir -p /root/medicine-backups/
+cd /root/medicine-backups/
+archive_filename="medicine_media.zip"
+
+if test -f "${archive_filename}"; then
+  rm "${archive_filename}"
+fi
+
+zip -r ${archive_filename}" /var/lib/docker/volumes/medicine_medicine-public-data/_data/media