diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3715269ef..5a7b85388 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ gem 'mini_magick'
 gem 'aws'
 gem 'fastercsv', :require => false
 gem 'jammit'
+
+#Backups
+gem "cloudfiles", :require => false
+
 group :test, :development do
   gem 'factory_girl_rails'
   gem 'ruby-debug19' if RUBY_VERSION.include? "1.9"
diff --git a/config/app_config.yml.example b/config/app_config.yml.example
index d366d1da5..29cbccd95 100644
--- a/config/app_config.yml.example
+++ b/config/app_config.yml.example
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ default:
 
   #google analytics key, if false, it won't include the javascript
   google_a_site: false
+
+  #cloudfiles username and api-key, used for backups
+  cloudfiles_username: 'example'
+  cloudfiles_api_key:  'abc123'
+
+
 development:
 
 test:
diff --git a/lib/tasks/backup.rake b/lib/tasks/backup.rake
index 8955190ab..787892fa5 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/backup.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/backup.rake
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 namespace :backup do
   desc "Backup Mongo"
   task :mongo do
-      cf = CloudFiles::Connection.new(:username => "", :api_key => "")
+    require 'cloudfiles'
+
+    if APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_username] && APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_api_key]
+      cf = CloudFiles::Connection.new(:username => APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_username], :api_key => APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_api_key])
       mongo_container = cf.container("Mongo Backup")
-      file = cont.create_object("test.txt")
-      file.write "Things"
+
+      `mongodump -o /tmp/backup/mongo`
+      tar_name = "mongo_#{Time.now.to_i}.tar"
+      `tar cfP /tmp/backup/#{tar_name} /tmp/backup/mongo`
+      file = mongo_container.create_object(tar_name)
+      success = file.write File.open("/tmp/backup/" + tar_name)
+      if success
+        `rm /tmp/backup/#{tar_name}`
+        `rm -rf /tmp/backup/mongo/`
+      end 
+    else
+      puts "Cloudfiles username and api key needed"
+    end
   end
 end