diff --git a/e107_admin/cron.php b/e107_admin/cron.php
index 96d128a79..f45702547 100644
--- a/e107_admin/cron.php
+++ b/e107_admin/cron.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class cron_admin extends e_admin_dispatcher
 
 	protected $adminMenu = array(
 		'main/list'		=> array('caption'=> 'Manage', 'perm' => '0'),
-	//	'main/create' 	=> array('caption'=> LAN_CREATE, 'perm' => '0'),
+		'main/refresh' 	=> array('caption'=> "Refresh", 'perm' => '0','url'=>'cron.php'),
 	//	'main/prefs' 	=> array('caption'=> 'Settings', 'perm' => '0'),
 	//	'main/custom'	=> array('caption'=> 'Custom Page', 'perm' => '0')		
 	);
@@ -151,9 +151,16 @@ class cron_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 					'description' 	=> 'Process bounce retriggers<br />Only needed if retriggering of bans enabled.',
 					'available' 	=> e107::getPref('ban_retrigger')
 				),
+				4 => array(
+					'name' 			=> 'Database Backup',
+					'category'		=> 'backup',
+					'function' 		=> 'dbBackup',
+					'description' 	=> 'Backup the system database to '.e_SYSTEM.'backups/',
+					'available' 	=> e107::getPref('ban_retrigger')
+				),
 			);
 	
-			if(!$_GET['action'])
+			if(!$_GET['action'] || $_GET['action'] == 'refresh')
 			{
 				
 				$this->cronImport($cronDefaults);	// import Core Crons (if missing)
diff --git a/e107_handlers/cron_class.php b/e107_handlers/cron_class.php
index f7c663bf4..ccd1e3812 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/cron_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/cron_class.php
@@ -93,6 +93,64 @@ class _system_cron
 		}
 	}
 	
+	// Very basic and needs improvement. (for large DBs)
+	function dbBackup()
+	{
+		require(e_BASE."e107_config.php");
+
+		$sql = e107::getDb();
+		$dbtable = $mySQLdefaultdb; // TODO - retrieve this in a better way. (without including e107_config) 
+	
+		$backupFile = e_SYSTEM."backups/".SITENAME."_".date("Y-m-d-H-i-s").".sql";
+		$result = mysql_list_tables($dbtable);
+		
+		while ($tab = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM))
+		{
+			$table = $tab[0];
+			$text = "";
+			
+			$sql->db_Select_gen("SHOW CREATE TABLE `".$table."`");
+			$row2 = $sql->db_Fetch();
+			$text .= $row2['Create Table'];
+			$text .= ";\n\n";
+			
+			$sql->db_Select_gen("SELECT * FROM `".$table."`");
+			$data_array = array();
+		
+			while($row = $sql->db_Fetch())
+			{
+				if(!$fields)
+				{
+					$fields = array_keys($row);			
+				}
+				
+				$d = array();
+				foreach($fields as $val)
+				{
+					$d[] = "'".mysql_real_escape_string($row[$val])."'"; 				
+				}
+	
+				$data_array[] = "(".implode(", ",$d).")";
+	
+			}
+			
+			
+			$text .= "\nINSERT INTO `".$table."` (`".implode("` ,`",$fields)."`) VALUES \n";
+			$text .= implode(",\n",$data_array);
+			$text .= ";\n\n\n";		
+			$c++;		
+		    
+			file_put_contents($backupFile,$text,FILE_APPEND);
+			unset($fields);	
+			
+		}
+				
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	
 }