diff --git a/homepage/views.php b/homepage/views.php
index a3414be..464fee1 100644
--- a/homepage/views.php
+++ b/homepage/views.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ $config = get_config();
 $color_scheme = get_color_scheme();
 set_timezone();
 
+$restore = "cat $home/BirdSongs/restore.log";
+
 if(is_authenticated() && (!isset($_SESSION['behind']) || !isset($_SESSION['behind_time']) || time() > $_SESSION['behind_time'] + 86400)) {
   shell_exec("sudo -u".$user." git -C ".$home."/BirdNET-Pi fetch > /dev/null 2>/dev/null &");
   $str = trim(shell_exec("sudo -u".$user." git -C ".$home."/BirdNET-Pi status"));
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ elseif ($config["LONGITUDE"] == "0.000") {
   <button type="button" href="javascript:void(0);" class="icon" onclick="myFunction()"><img src="images/menu.png"></button>
 </div>
 </form>
-
+<script type="text/javascript" src="static/plupload.full.min.js"></script>
+<!--<script type="text/javascript" src="static/moxie.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="static/plupload.dev.js"></script>-->
 <script>
 window.onload = function() {
   var elements = document.querySelectorAll("button[name=view]");
@@ -283,7 +287,8 @@ if(isset($_GET['view'])){
                      'sudo reboot',
                      'update_birdnet.sh',
                      'sudo shutdown now',
-                     'sudo clear_all_data.sh');
+                     'sudo clear_all_data.sh',
+                     "$restore");
     $command = $_GET['submit'];
     if(in_array($command,$allowedCommands)){
       if(isset($command)){
diff --git a/scripts/system_controls.php b/scripts/system_controls.php
index 80d7b77..1f8ab2d 100644
--- a/scripts/system_controls.php
+++ b/scripts/system_controls.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <?php
+error_reporting(E_ERROR);
+ini_set('display_errors',1);
+
 session_start();
 require_once "scripts/common.php";
 $user = get_user();
@@ -19,6 +22,10 @@ if (stripos($str, "Your branch is up to date") !== false) {
 }
 $_SESSION['behind'] = $num_commits_behind;
 $_SESSION['behind_time'] = time();
+
+$restore = "cat $home/BirdSongs/restore.log";
+$max_upload_size = floor(disk_free_space("$home/BirdNET-Pi/") / 1.001);
+
 ?><html>
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 <br>
@@ -49,7 +56,10 @@ function update() {
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo clear_all_data.sh" onclick="return confirm('Clear ALL Data? Note that this cannot be undone and will take up to 90 seconds.')">Clear ALL data</button>
   </div>
 </form>
-<div><a href="scripts/backup.php" download ><button onclick="return confirm('Download backup? Note that this could take a long time.')">Download backup</button></a></div>
+<div id="container">
+  <button id="pickfile" type="button" href="javascript:;">Restore data</button>
+</div>
+<div><a href="scripts/backup.php" download ><button onclick="return confirm('Download backup? Note that this could take a long time.')">Backup data</button></a></div>
 <?php
   $cmd="cd ".$home."/BirdNET-Pi && sudo -u ".$user." git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD";
   $curr_hash = shell_exec($cmd);
@@ -58,4 +68,57 @@ function update() {
   <a href="https://github.com/Nachtzuster/BirdNET-Pi/commit/<?php echo $curr_hash; ?>" target="_blank">
     <p style="font-size:11px;text-align:center;box-sizing: border-box"><?php echo $curr_hash; ?></p>
   </a>
+  <pre id="console" style="text-align:center"></pre>
 </div>
+<script type="text/javascript">
+// based on Custom example logic
+
+var uploader = new plupload.Uploader({
+    runtimes : 'html5',
+    browse_button : 'pickfile', // you can pass an id...
+    container: document.getElementById('container'), // ... or DOM Element itself
+    url : 'scripts/restore.php',
+    chunk_size: '2mb',
+    multi_selection: false,
+
+    filters : {
+        max_file_size : '<?php echo "$max_upload_size"; ?>',
+        mime_types: [
+            {title : "Tar files", extensions : "tar"}
+        ]
+    },
+
+    init: {
+        FilesAdded: function(up, files) {
+            uploader.start();
+        },
+
+        UploadProgress: function(up, file) {
+            if (file.percent !== 100) {
+                document.getElementById('pickfile').innerHTML = "<span>Uploading: <pre id='timer' class='bash'>" + String(file.percent).padStart(2, '0') + "%</pre></span>";
+            } else {
+                setInterval(function(){ seconds += 1; document.getElementById('pickfile').innerHTML = "Restoring: <pre id='timer' class='bash'>"+new Date(seconds * 1000).toISOString().substring(14, 19)+"</pre>"; }, 1000);
+            }
+        },
+
+        FileUploaded: function(up, file, info) {
+            // Called when file has finished uploading
+            console.log('[FileUploaded] File:', file, "Info:", info);
+            const xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+            xhttp.onload = function() {
+                if(this.responseText.length > 0) {
+                    document.body.innerHTML=this.responseText;
+                }
+            };
+            xhttp.open("GET", "views.php?submit=<?php echo "$restore"; ?>");
+            xhttp.send();
+        },
+
+        Error: function(up, err) {
+            document.getElementById('console').appendChild(document.createTextNode("\nError #" + err.code + ": " + err.message));
+        }
+    }
+});
+
+uploader.init();
+</script>
