diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 804a627..279ad89 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ edition = "2018"
 tar = "0.4.37"
 # Used to compress said tarballs using gzip
 flate2 = "1.0.21"
+# Used for backup filenames
+chrono = "0.4.19"
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = "fat"
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e331182..f5cd3e5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,47 +1,9 @@
 use std::io;
-use std::io::Write;
-use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
 
-struct Server {
-    child: Child,
-}
-
-impl Server {
-    fn spawn() -> Server {
-        let child = Command::new("/usr/lib/jvm/java-16-openjdk/bin/java")
-            .arg("-jar")
-            .arg("paper-1.17.1-259.jar")
-            .arg("--universe")
-            .arg("worlds")
-            .arg("--nogui")
-            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
-            .spawn()
-            .expect("Couldn't start child process");
-
-        Server { child }
-    }
-
-    pub fn send_command(&mut self, cmd: &str) {
-        match cmd.trim() {
-            "stop" | "exit" => self.stop(),
-            s => self.custom(s),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn custom(&mut self, cmd: &str) {
-        let mut stdin = self.child.stdin.as_ref().unwrap();
-        stdin.write_all(cmd.as_bytes()).unwrap();
-        stdin.flush().unwrap();
-    }
-
-    pub fn stop(&mut self) {
-        self.custom("stop");
-        self.child.wait();
-    }
-}
+mod server;
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut server = Server::spawn();
+    let mut server = server::Server::spawn();
 
     let stdin = io::stdin();
     let input = &mut String::new();
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e8db39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::fs::File;
+use flate2::Compression;
+use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
+
+pub struct Server {
+    child: Child,
+}
+
+impl Server {
+    pub fn spawn() -> Server {
+        let child = Command::new("/usr/lib/jvm/java-16-openjdk/bin/java")
+            .arg("-jar")
+            .arg("paper-1.17.1-259.jar")
+            .arg("--universe")
+            .arg("worlds")
+            .arg("--nogui")
+            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()
+            .expect("Couldn't start child process");
+
+        Server { child }
+    }
+
+    pub fn send_command(&mut self, cmd: &str) {
+        match cmd.trim() {
+            "stop" | "exit" => self.stop(),
+            "backup" => self.backup(),
+            s => self.custom(s),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn custom(&mut self, cmd: &str) {
+        let mut stdin = self.child.stdin.as_ref().unwrap();
+        stdin.write_all(format!("{}\n", cmd.trim()).as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        stdin.flush().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub fn stop(&mut self) {
+        self.custom("stop");
+        self.child.wait();
+    }
+
+    pub fn backup(&mut self) {
+        // Make sure the server isn't modifying the files during the backup
+        self.custom("save-off");
+        self.custom("save-all");
+
+        // Create a gzip-compressed tarball of the worlds folder
+        let filename = format!("{}", chrono::offset::Local::now().format("backups/%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.tar.gz"));
+        let tar_gz = std::fs::File::create(filename).unwrap();
+        let enc = GzEncoder::new(tar_gz, Compression::default());
+        let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(enc);
+        tar.append_dir_all("worlds", "worlds").unwrap();
+
+        self.custom("save-on");
+    }
+}