diff --git a/src/backup.js b/src/backup.js
index 5aa8412..e1ce0d9 100644
--- a/src/backup.js
+++ b/src/backup.js
@@ -15,16 +15,25 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import redis from 'redis';
 import bluebird from 'bluebird';
 
+import process from 'process';
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+
+import { DailyCron } from './utils/cron';
+import {
+  updateBackupRedis,
+  createPngBackup,
+  incrementialBackupRedis,
+} from './core/tilesBackup';
+import canvases from './canvases.json';
+
 /*
  * use low cpu priority
  */
-import process from 'process';
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
-const priority  = 15;
-const proc= spawn("renice", [priority, process.pid]);
-proc.on('exit', function (code) {
-  if (code !== 0){
-    console.log("renice failed with code - " +code);
+const priority = 15;
+const proc = spawn('renice', [priority, process.pid]);
+proc.on('exit', (code) => {
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.log(`renice failed with code ${code}`);
   }
   console.log('Useing low cpu priority');
 });
@@ -34,13 +43,6 @@ proc.on('exit', function (code) {
 bluebird.promisifyAll(redis.RedisClient.prototype);
 bluebird.promisifyAll(redis.Multi.prototype);
 
-import canvases from './canvases.json';
-import {
-  updateBackupRedis,
-  createPngBackup,
-  incrementialBackupRedis,
-} from './core/tilesBackup';
-
 const {
   CANVAS_REDIS_URL,
   BACKUP_REDIS_URL,
@@ -64,23 +66,60 @@ backupRedis.on('error', () => {
 });
 
 
-function dailyBackup() {
+function getDateFolder() {
   if (!fs.existsSync(BACKUP_DIR)) {
-    throw new Error(`Backup directory ${backupDir} does not exist!`);
+    throw new Error(`Backup directory ${BACKUP_DIR} does not exist!`);
+  }
+  const date = new Date();
+  // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+  const dayDir = `${date.getFullYear()}${date.getMonth() + 1}${date.getDate()}`;
+  const backupDir = `${BACKUP_DIR}/${dayDir}`;
+  return backupDir;
+}
+
+function dailyBackup() {
+  const backupDir = getDateFolder();
+  if (!fs.existsSync(backupDir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(backupDir);
   }
 
   backupRedis.flushall('ASYNC', async () => {
-    const date = new Date();
-    const dayDir = `${date.getFullYear()}${date.getMonth() + 1}${date.getDate()}`;
-    const backupDir = `${BACKUP_DIR}/${dayDir}`;
     if (!fs.existsSync(backupDir)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(backupDir);
     }
     await updateBackupRedis(canvasRedis, backupRedis, canvases);
     await createPngBackup(backupRedis, canvases, backupDir);
-    await incrementialBackupRedis(canvasRedis, backupRedis, canvases, backupDir);
-    console.log(`Daily backup ${dayDir} done`);
+    console.log('Daily backup done');
   });
 }
 
-dailyBackup();
+function incrementialBackup() {
+  const backupDir = getDateFolder();
+  if (!fs.existsSync(backupDir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(backupDir);
+  }
+  incrementialBackupRedis(
+    canvasRedis,
+    backupRedis,
+    canvases,
+    backupDir,
+  );
+}
+
+async function startCronJobs() {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(BACKUP_DIR)) {
+    throw new Error(`Backup directory ${BACKUP_DIR} does not exist!`);
+  }
+  const backupDir = getDateFolder();
+  if (!fs.existsSync(backupDir)) {
+    await dailyBackup();
+  }
+
+  console.log(
+    'Creating one full PNG backup per day and incremential backups every hour.',
+  );
+  DailyCron.hook(dailyBackup);
+  setInterval(incrementialBackup, 15 * 60 * 1000);
+}
+
+startCronJobs();
diff --git a/src/core/tilesBackup.js b/src/core/tilesBackup.js
index 58f61c7..e53bc6c 100644
--- a/src/core/tilesBackup.js
+++ b/src/core/tilesBackup.js
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export async function incrementialBackupRedis(
     if (!fs.existsSync(canvasBackupDir)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(canvasBackupDir);
     }
-    const hourOfDay = new Date().getHours();
-    const canvasTileBackupDir = `${canvasBackupDir}/${hourOfDay}`;
+    const date = new Date();
+    const canvasTileBackupDir = `${canvasBackupDir}/${date.getHours()}${date.getMinutes()}`;
     if (!fs.existsSync(canvasTileBackupDir)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(canvasTileBackupDir);
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/cron.js b/src/utils/cron.js
index 73ee4ca..fe40856 100644
--- a/src/utils/cron.js
+++ b/src/utils/cron.js
@@ -9,27 +9,27 @@ import { HOUR } from '../core/constants';
 import logger from '../core/logger';
 
 class Cron {
-  last_run: number;
+  lastRun: number;
   interval: number;
   functions: Array;
   timeout;
 
   // interval = how many hours between runs
-  // last_run = when this cron job was last run
-  constructor(interval: number, last_run: number = 0) {
-    this.check_for_execution = this.check_for_execution.bind(this);
+  // lastRun = when this cron job was last run
+  constructor(interval: number, lastRun: number = 0) {
+    this.checkForExecution = this.checkForExecution.bind(this);
     this.interval = interval;
-    this.last_run = last_run;
+    this.lastRun = lastRun;
     this.functions = [];
 
-    this.timeout = setInterval(this.check_for_execution, HOUR);
+    this.timeout = setInterval(this.checkForExecution, HOUR);
   }
 
-  check_for_execution() {
-    const cur_time = Date.now();
-    if (cur_time > this.last_run + this.interval * HOUR) {
+  checkForExecution() {
+    const curTime = Date.now();
+    if (curTime > this.lastRun + this.interval * HOUR) {
       logger.info(`Run cron events for interval: ${this.interval}h`);
-      this.last_run = cur_time;
+      this.lastRun = curTime;
       this.functions.forEach(async (item) => {
         item();
       });
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ class Cron {
 }
 
 
-function initialize_daily_cron() {
+function initializeDailyCron() {
   const now = new Date();
   // make it first run at midnight
-  const last_run = now.getTime() - now.getHours() * HOUR;
-  const cron = new Cron(24, last_run);
+  const lastRun = now.getTime() - now.getHours() * HOUR;
+  const cron = new Cron(24, lastRun);
   return cron;
 }
 
-function initialize_hourly_cron() {
+function initializeHourlyCron() {
   const cron = new Cron(1, Date.now());
   return cron;
 }
 
-export const DailyCron = initialize_daily_cron();
+export const DailyCron = initializeDailyCron();
 
-export const HourlyCron = initialize_hourly_cron();
+export const HourlyCron = initializeHourlyCron();
diff --git a/tools/copy.js b/tools/copy.js
index 08f52dd..775bbd7 100644
--- a/tools/copy.js
+++ b/tools/copy.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ async function copy() {
     copyFile('LICENSE', 'build/LICENSE'),
     copyDir('public', 'build/public'),
     copyFile('tools/example-ecosystem.yml', 'build/ecosystem.example.yml'),
+    copyFile('tools/example-ecosystem-backup.yml', 'build/ecosystem-backup.example.yml'),
   ]);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/example-ecosystem-backup.yml b/tools/example-ecosystem-backup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3451f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/example-ecosystem-backup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apps:
+  - script   : ./backup.js
+    name     : 'backup'
+    node_args: --nouse-idle-notification --expose-gc
+    env:
+      CANVAS_REDIS_URL: 'redis://localhost:6379'
+      BACKUP_REDIS_URL: 'redis://localhost:6380'
+      BACKUP_DIR: '/backups'
diff --git a/tools/webpack.config.js b/tools/webpack.config.js
index 4622c79..20fdb59 100644
--- a/tools/webpack.config.js
+++ b/tools/webpack.config.js
@@ -299,12 +299,13 @@ const webConfig = {
 
   entry: {
     web: ['./src/web.js'],
+    backup: ['./src/backup.js'],
   },
 
   output: {
     ...config.output,
     path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../build'),
-    filename: './web.js',
+    filename: '[name].js',
     libraryTarget: 'commonjs2',
   },