diff --git a/templates/bin/backup b/templates/bin/backup
index 640be57..e803a18 100755
--- a/templates/bin/backup
+++ b/templates/bin/backup
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ set -o errexit
 DC_DIR=/opt/docker-compose/
 
 cd $DC_DIR
+
+docker-compose exec -T -u www-data nextcloud ./occ maintenance:mode --on
 docker-compose down
 docker-compose run --name borgmatic -T --rm borgmatic  /backup.sh run
 docker-compose up -d main-services
+docker-compose exec -T -u www-data nextcloud ./occ maintenance:mode --off
 docker-compose run --name borgmatic -T --rm borgmatic  /backup.sh check