diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66f35aee..eba6677a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /pillar/pillar.egg-info/
 /pillar/google_app.json
 profile.stats
+/dump/
diff --git a/backup-db.sh b/backup-db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..66e15c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup-db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mongodump -h localhost:27018 -d eve --out dump/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H%M') --excludeCollection tokens