diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4f4c91a..10629c8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = docker-observation
 	url = https://gitea.john-stream.com/john/docker-observation.git
 	branch = main
+[submodule "restic-scripts"]
+	path = restic-scripts
+	url = https://gitea.john-stream.com/john/restic-scripts
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c84009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4291c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pydantic>=2,<3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/restic-scripts b/restic-scripts
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..9127b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restic-scripts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9127b347392fde986d4c4fc8f1b04f1142be8f50
diff --git a/scripts/backup.sh b/scripts/backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0fbab53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$BACKUP_DIR" ]; then
+  echo "Error: BACKUP_DIR is not set."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RESTIC_REPOSITORY" ]; then
+  echo "Error: RESTIC_REPOSITORY is not set."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RESTIC_PASSWORD" ]; then
+  echo "Error: RESTIC_PASSWORD is not set."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+python -m restic.backup --project zigbee-stack --services mqtt,z2m "$@"
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
+
+$SCRIPT_DIR/prune_backups.sh
diff --git a/scripts/prune_backups.sh b/scripts/prune_backups.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ddc4e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prune_backups.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+python -m restic.forget \
+--keep-last 5 \
+--keep-weekly 8 \
+--keep-monthly 12 \
+--keep-yearly 7
+# --json | jq .
+
+python -m restic.prune
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/restic_prune.sh b/scripts/restic_prune.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 34fa1f6..0000000
--- a/scripts/restic_prune.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
-
-$SCRIPT_DIR/restic_command.sh forget --prune \
---keep-last 5 \
---keep-weekly 8 \
---keep-monthly 12 \
---keep-yearly 7