diff --git a/scripts/backup-restic.sh b/scripts/backup-restic.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b1128be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backup-restic.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Restic backup script for Hördle deployment
+# Creates a backup snapshot with tags and handles errors gracefully
+
+set -e
+
+echo "💾 Creating Restic backup..."
+
+if ! command -v restic >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "⚠️  restic not found in PATH, skipping Restic backup"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check required environment variables
+if [ -z "$RESTIC_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo "⚠️  RESTIC_PASSWORD not set, skipping Restic backup"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RESTIC_AUTH_USER" ] || [ -z "$RESTIC_AUTH_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo "⚠️  RESTIC_AUTH_USER or RESTIC_AUTH_PASSWORD not set, skipping Restic backup"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Build repository URL
+RESTIC_REPO="rest:https://${RESTIC_AUTH_USER}:${RESTIC_AUTH_PASSWORD}@restic.elpatron.me/"
+
+# Get current commit hash for tagging
+CURRENT_COMMIT_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo 'unknown')"
+CURRENT_DATE="$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
+
+# Export password for restic
+export RESTIC_PASSWORD
+
+# Check if repository exists, initialize if not
+if ! restic -r "$RESTIC_REPO" snapshots >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "   Initializing Restic repository..."
+    if ! restic -r "$RESTIC_REPO" init >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "⚠️  Failed to initialize Restic repository, skipping backup"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Create backup with tags
+# Backup important directories: backups, config files, but exclude node_modules, .git, etc.
+echo "   Creating Restic snapshot..."
+RESTIC_EXIT_CODE=0
+restic -r "$RESTIC_REPO" backup \
+    --tag deployment \
+    --tag hoerdle \
+    --tag "date:${CURRENT_DATE}" \
+    --tag "commit:${CURRENT_COMMIT_SHORT}" \
+    --exclude='.git' \
+    --exclude='node_modules' \
+    --exclude='.next' \
+    --exclude='*.log' \
+    ./backups \
+    ./data \
+    ./public/uploads \
+    docker-compose.yml \
+    .env \
+    package.json \
+    prisma/schema.prisma \
+    prisma/migrations \
+    scripts/ || RESTIC_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+if [ $RESTIC_EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "✅ Restic backup completed successfully"
+    exit 0
+elif [ $RESTIC_EXIT_CODE -eq 3 ]; then
+    echo "⚠️  Restic backup completed with warnings (some files could not be read), continuing..."
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "⚠️  Restic backup failed (exit code: $RESTIC_EXIT_CODE), continuing deployment..."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 48ba607..3615514 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ else
     echo "⚠️  Could not determine database path from config files"
 fi
 
+# Restic backup to remote repository
+./scripts/backup-restic.sh
+
 # Nur neueste Version holen (shallow fetch), vollständiges Repo ist im Deployment nicht nötig
 echo "📥 Fetching latest commit (shallow clone) from git..."
 git fetch --prune --tags --depth=1 origin master