diff --git a/scripts/backup_data.sh b/scripts/backup_data.sh
index 6647a28..c001a98 100755
--- a/scripts/backup_data.sh
+++ b/scripts/backup_data.sh
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ required=("/home/$BIRDNET_USER/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf"
 
 # these may or may not exist
 optional=("/home/$BIRDNET_USER/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt"
+"/home/$BIRDNET_USER/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt"
 "/home/$BIRDNET_USER/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/blacklisted_images.txt"
 "/home/$BIRDNET_USER/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/disk_check_exclude.txt"
 "/home/$BIRDNET_USER/BirdNET-Pi/exclude_species_list.txt"