diff --git a/scripts/restore.php b/scripts/restore.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * based on the upload.php example by Moxiecode Systems AB
+ */
+
+session_start();
+
+define('__ROOT__', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
+require_once(__ROOT__.'/scripts/common.php');
+ensure_authenticated('You must be authenticated to upload backup files.');
+$home = get_home();
+$user = get_user();
+
+
+// Make sure file is not cached (as it happens for example on iOS devices)
+header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
+header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
+header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");
+header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
+header("Pragma: no-cache");
+
+// 5 minutes execution time
+@set_time_limit(5 * 60);
+
+// Uncomment this one to fake upload time
+// usleep(5000);
+
+// Chunking might be enabled
+$chunk = isset($_REQUEST["chunk"]) ? intval($_REQUEST["chunk"]) : 0;
+$chunks = isset($_REQUEST["chunks"]) ? intval($_REQUEST["chunks"]) : 0;
+
+$pipe="/tmp/bird_pipe";
+$log="$home/BirdSongs/restore.log";
+
+if (!$chunks || $chunk == 0) {
+    exec("sudo -u $user ps xf | grep -v grep | grep 'BirdNET-Pi/scripts/backup_data.sh -a restore -f -' | awk '{ print $1 }'", $ProcessIDs);
+    foreach ($ProcessIDs as $pid) {
+        exec("sudo -u $user kill -9 $pid");
+    }
+    if(file_exists($pipe)){
+        unlink($pipe);
+    }
+    if(file_exists($log)){
+        unlink($log);
+    }
+
+    if (!posix_mkfifo($pipe, 0660)){
+        die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 100, "message": "Failed to open temp directory."}, "id" : "id"}');
+    }
+    $read_chunks = ($chunks > 0) ? $chunks : 1;
+    $pID = shell_exec("nohup $home/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/read_chunks.sh -n $read_chunks -f $pipe | sudo -u $user $home/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/backup_data.sh -a restore -f - > $log 2>&1 & echo $!");
+    $_SESSION['pID'] = $pID;
+}
+
+// Open pipe
+if (!$out = @fopen("{$pipe}", "ab")) {
+	die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 102, "message": "Failed to open output stream."}, "id" : "id"}');
+}
+
+if (!empty($_FILES)) {
+	if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] || !is_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"])) {
+		die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 103, "message": "Failed to move uploaded file."}, "id" : "id"}');
+	}
+
+	// Read binary input stream and append it to temp file
+	if (!$in = @fopen($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "rb")) {
+		die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 101, "message": "Failed to open input stream."}, "id" : "id"}');
+	}
+} else {	
+	if (!$in = @fopen("php://input", "rb")) {
+		die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "error" : {"code": 101, "message": "Failed to open input stream."}, "id" : "id"}');
+	}
+}
+
+while ($buff = fread($in, 4096)) {
+	fwrite($out, $buff);
+}
+
+@fclose($out);
+@fclose($in);
+
+// Check if file has been uploaded
+if (!$chunks || $chunk == $chunks - 1) {
+    $pID = $_SESSION['pID'];
+    exec("ps $pID", $ProcessState);
+
+    $i = 0;
+    while ($i < 100 && count($ProcessState) >= 2) {
+        unset($ProcessState);
+        exec("ps $pID", $ProcessState);
+        $i++;
+        usleep(200000);
+    }
+    unlink($pipe);
+    unset($_SESSION['pID']);
+}
+
+// Return Success JSON-RPC response
+die('{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "result" : null, "id" : "id"}');