diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp
index be74f216..612563f8 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/hedgedoc.pp
@@ -1,128 +1,146 @@
 # deploy a hedgedoc instance
 class profile::hedgedoc {
   include profile::hedgedoc::apt_config
   include profile::hedgedoc::user
 
   $user = $::profile::hedgedoc::user::user
   $group = $::profile::hedgedoc::user::group
 
   # ---- install
   $version = lookup('hedgedoc::release::version')
   $archive_url = "https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/releases/download/${version}/hedgedoc-${version}.tar.gz"
   $archive_digest = lookup('hedgedoc::release::digest')
   $archive_digest_type = lookup('hedgedoc::release::digest_type')
 
   $install_basepath = "/opt/hedgedoc"
   $install_dir = "${install_basepath}/${version}"
+  $install_db_dump = "${install_basepath}/db-backup_pre-${version}.sql.gz"
   $install_flag = "${install_dir}/setup_done"
 
   $archive_path = "${install_basepath}/${version}.tar.gz"
 
   $current_symlink = "${install_basepath}/current"
 
   $service_name = "hedgedoc"
   $unit_name = "${service_name}.service"
 
   file { [$install_basepath, $install_dir]:
     ensure  => 'directory',
     owner   => $user,
     group   => $group,
     mode    => '0644',
   }
 
   archive { 'hedgedoc':
     path            => $archive_path,
     extract         => true,
     extract_command => 'tar xzf %s --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions',
     source          => $archive_url,
     extract_path    => $install_dir,
     checksum        => $archive_digest,
     checksum_type   => $archive_digest_type,
     creates         => "${install_dir}/bin/setup",
     cleanup         => true,
     user            => $user,
     group           => $group,
     require         => File[$install_dir],
     notify          => Exec['hedgedoc-setup'],
   }
 
   # ---- configuration
   $db_host = lookup('hedgedoc::db::host')
   $db_name = lookup('hedgedoc::db::database')
   $db_user = lookup('hedgedoc::db::username')
   $db_password = lookup('swh::deploy::hedgedoc::db::password')
   $db_port = lookup('swh::postgresql::port')
   $db_url = "postgres://${db_user}:${db_password}@${db_host}:${db_port}/${db_name}"
 
   $sequelizerc_path = "${install_dir}/.sequelizerc"
 
   file {$sequelizerc_path:
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => $user,
     group   => $group,
     mode    => '0644',
     content => template("profile/hedgedoc/sequelizerc.erb"),
     notify  => Service[$service_name],
   }
 
   $base_url = lookup('swh::deploy::hedgedoc::base_url')
 
   $runtime_environment = lookup('hedgedoc::runtime_environment')
   $log_level = lookup('hedgedoc::log_level')
 
   $session_secret = lookup('hedgedoc::session_secret')
 
   $allow_anonymous = lookup('hedgedoc::allow_anonymous')
   $allow_anonymous_edits = lookup('hedgedoc::allow_anonymous_edits')
   $allow_email = lookup('hedgedoc::allow_email')
   $allow_email_register = lookup('hedgedoc::allow_email_register')
 
   $enable_keycloak = lookup('hedgedoc::enable_keycloak', Boolean, 'first', false)
   $keycloak_domain = lookup('hedgedoc::keycloak::domain')
   $keycloak_realm = lookup('hedgedoc::keycloak::realm')
   $keycloak_client_id = lookup('hedgedoc::keycloak::client::id')
   $keycloak_client_secret = lookup('hedgedoc::keycloak::client::secret')
 
   $config_json_path = "${install_dir}/config.json"
 
   file {$config_json_path:
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => $user,
     group   => $group,
     # Contains credentials
     mode    => '0600',
     content => template("profile/hedgedoc/config.json.erb"),
     notify  => Service[$service_name],
   }
 
-  exec {'hedgedoc-setup':
+  exec {'hedgedoc-dump-db':
+    command     => "pg_dump ${db_name} | gzip -9 > ${install_db_dump}",
+    path        => ["/bin", "/usr/bin"],
+    environment => [
+      "PGHOST=${db_host}",
+      "PGUSER=${db_user}",
+      "PGPORT=${db_port}",
+      "PGPASSWORD=${db_password}",
+    ],
+    creates     => $install_db_dump,
+    user        => $user,
+    umask       => '0066',
+    require     => [
+      Postgresql::Server::Db[$db_name],
+    ],
+  }
+
+  -> exec {'hedgedoc-setup':
     command     => "${install_dir}/bin/setup && touch ${install_flag}",
     cwd         => $install_dir,
     require     => [
       Postgresql::Server::Db[$db_name],
       File[$config_json_path],
       File[$sequelizerc_path],
     ],
     creates     => $install_flag,
     user        => $user,
   }
 
   -> file {$current_symlink:
     ensure      => 'link',
     target      => $install_dir,
     notify      => Service[$service_name],
   }
 
   -> systemd::unit_file {$unit_name:
     ensure  => present,
     content => template('profile/hedgedoc/hedgedoc.service.erb'),
   }
 
   -> service {$service_name:
     ensure  => 'running',
     enable  => true,
     require => [
       Class['profile::hedgedoc::apt_config'],
     ],
   }
 }