diff --git a/backup_nc.sh b/backup_nc.sh
index 63ce8e0..24f80b7 100644
--- a/backup_nc.sh
+++ b/backup_nc.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ readonly GOTIFY_HOST="<GOTIFY_HOST>"
 readonly GOTIFY_PRIORITY=5
 # backup db variables
 readonly BACKUP_DB_FILE="nextcloud-sqlbkp-"`date +\%Y\%m\%d`".sql"
-#readonly BACKUP_DIR_FILE="nextcloud-dirbkp_"`date +\%Y\%m\%d`".tar.gz"
 readonly DB_HOST="<DB_HOST>"
 readonly DB_USER="<DB_USER>"
 readonly DB_PASS="<DB_PASS>"
 readonly DB_NAME="<DB_NAME>"
 # backup data variables
 readonly NEXTCLOUD_DATA="<NEXTCLOUD_DATA>"
+readonly NEXTCLOUD_DIR="<NEXTCLOUD_DIR>"
 readonly INCLUDE_LIST="include-list"
 # remote settings
 readonly REMOTE_SERVER="<REMOTE_SERVER>"
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ readonly REMOTE_SERVER="<REMOTE_SERVER>"
 readonly REMOTE_PATH="<REMOTE_PATH>"
 readonly REMOTE_NC_DATA_FOLDER="files"
 readonly REMOTE_NC_DB_FOLDER="db"
+readonly REMOTE_NC_DIR_FOLDER="dir"
 readonly BACKUP_PRESERVE_DAYS=60
 
 # create include list file and set exclude logs
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ ssh $REMOTE_SERVER 'bash -s' << EOF
 find "$REMOTE_PATH/$REMOTE_NC_DB_FOLDER" -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$BACKUP_PRESERVE_DAYS -print -exec "rm" -R {} \;
 EOF
 
+# rdiff-backup all dir of nextcloud
+rdiff-backup backup $NEXTCLOUD_DIR "$REMOTE_SERVER::$REMOTE_PATH/$REMOTE_NC_DIR_FOLDER"
+# clear X days old increments of backup dir
+rdiff-backup remove increments --older-than "${BACKUP_PRESERVE_DAYS}D" "$REMOTE_SERVER::$REMOTE_PATH/$REMOTE_NC_DIR_FOLDER"
+
 # rdiff-backup all data of nextcloud
 OUT=$(rdiff-backup backup --print-statistics --include-globbing-filelist $INCLUDE_LIST $NEXTCLOUD_DATA \
       "$REMOTE_SERVER::$REMOTE_PATH/$REMOTE_NC_DATA_FOLDER")