diff --git a/Ricochet/ricochetserver b/Ricochet/ricochetserver
index ff5862808..ee538a8e2 100644
--- a/Ricochet/ricochetserver
+++ b/Ricochet/ricochetserver
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ servercfg="${servicename}.cfg"
 servercfgdefault="server.cfg"
 servercfgdir="${systemdir}"
 servercfgfullpath="${servercfgdir}/${servercfg}"
+
+# Backup
+backupdays="30"
 backupdir="${rootdir}/backups"
 
 # Logging