diff --git a/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/backup.sh b/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/backup.sh
index 9f5d1b2..719a464 100644
--- a/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/backup.sh
+++ b/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/backup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+su -s /bin/bash -c 'php occ maintenance:mode --on' www-data
 set -o pipefail
 # backup database dump
 pg_dump -d $(cat ${POSTGRES_DB_FILE}) -h  $POSTGRES_SERVICE -p $POSTGRES_PORT -U $(cat ${POSTGRES_USER_FILE}) --no-password --serializable-deferrable --clean --no-privileges | \
 restic -r $RESTIC_REPOSITORY --verbose backup --stdin --tag DB_Backup
 # backup nextcloud filesystem
 restic -r $RESTIC_REPOSITORY backup /var/backups/ --tag Nextcloud_Filesystem
+su -s /bin/bash -c 'php occ maintenance:mode --off' www-data
diff --git a/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/restore.sh b/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/restore.sh
index 6aa09ed..63a1f80 100644
--- a/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/restore.sh
+++ b/infrastrucure/docker/image/resources/restore.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Restore Nextcloud Filesystem
+# turn on maintenance mode
+su -s /bin/bash -c 'php occ maintenance:mode --on' www-data
 # Reads restore snapshot_ID from first CLI Argument
 restic -r $RESTIC_REPOSITORY restore $1 --target /
 
@@ -9,4 +11,6 @@ psql -d template1 -h $POSTGRES_SERVICE -p $POSTGRES_PORT -U $(cat ${POSTGRES_USE
 # create folder from db backup
 restic -r $RESTIC_REPOSITORY restore $2 --target test-stdin-$2
 # read folder and restore db entries
-psql -d $(cat ${POSTGRES_DB_FILE}) -h $POSTGRES_SERVICE -p $POSTGRES_PORT -U $(cat ${POSTGRES_USER_FILE}) --no-password < test-stdin-$2
\ No newline at end of file
+psql -d $(cat ${POSTGRES_DB_FILE}) -h $POSTGRES_SERVICE -p $POSTGRES_PORT -U $(cat ${POSTGRES_USER_FILE}) --no-password < test-stdin-$2
+# turn off maintenance mode
+su -s /bin/bash -c 'php occ maintenance:mode --off' www-data