diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3695da7..4259b1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ target/
 
 # testing files
 *.jar
-data*/
+data/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0991d89..5124e00 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alex"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1de2d06..4c0ba69 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "alex"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Wrapper around Minecraft server processes, designed to complement Docker image installations."
 authors = ["Jef Roosens"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/src/server/backups.rs b/src/server/backups.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e5fd4de..0000000
--- a/src/server/backups.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
-use flate2::Compression;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-
-#[link(name = "c")]
-extern "C" {
-    fn geteuid() -> u32;
-    fn getegid() -> u32;
-}
-
-static FILENAME_FORMAT: &str = "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.tar.gz";
-
-pub struct BackupManager {
-    backup_dir: PathBuf,
-    config_dir: PathBuf,
-    world_dir: PathBuf,
-    max_backups: u64,
-    start_time: Option<chrono::DateTime<chrono::Local>>,
-    files: Vec<(PathBuf, PathBuf)>
-}
-
-impl BackupManager {
-    pub fn open(
-        backup_dir: PathBuf,
-        config_dir: PathBuf,
-        world_dir: PathBuf,
-        max_backups: u64,
-    ) -> Self {
-        BackupManager {
-            backup_dir,
-            config_dir,
-            world_dir,
-            max_backups,
-            start_time: None,
-            files: Vec::new()
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn set_files_to_backup(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let mut dirs = vec![
-            (PathBuf::from("worlds"), self.world_dir.clone()),
-            (PathBuf::from("config"), self.config_dir.clone()),
-        ];
-        self.files.clear();
-
-        while let Some((path_in_tar, path)) = dirs.pop() {
-            for res in path.read_dir()? {
-                let entry = res?;
-
-                if entry.file_name() == "cache" {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                let new_path_in_tar = path_in_tar.join(entry.file_name());
-
-                // All dirs get expanded recursively, while all files get returned as output
-                // NOTE: does this remove empty directories from backups? Is this a problem?
-                if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
-                    dirs.push((new_path_in_tar, entry.path()));
-                } else {
-                    self.files.push((new_path_in_tar, entry.path()));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn create_archive(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let start_time = chrono::offset::Local::now();
-        self.start_time = Some(start_time);
-
-        let filename = format!("{}", start_time.format(FILENAME_FORMAT));
-        let path = self.backup_dir.join(filename);
-        let tar_gz = File::create(path)?;
-        let enc = GzEncoder::new(tar_gz, Compression::default());
-        let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(enc);
-
-        self.set_files_to_backup()?;
-
-        for (path_in_tar, path) in &self.files {
-            tar.append_path_with_name(path, path_in_tar)?;
-        }
-
-        // TODO re-add this info file in some way
-        // We add a file to the backup describing for what version it was made
-        // let info = format!("{} {}", self.type_, self.version);
-        // let info_bytes = info.as_bytes();
-
-        // let mut header = tar::Header::new_gnu();
-        // header.set_size(info_bytes.len().try_into().unwrap());
-        // header.set_mode(0o100644);
-        // unsafe {
-        //     header.set_gid(getegid().into());
-        //     header.set_uid(geteuid().into());
-        // }
-
-        // tar.append_data(&mut header, "info.txt", info_bytes)?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Remove the oldest backups
-    pub fn remove_old_backups(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        // The naming format used allows us to sort the backups by name and still get a sorting by
-        // creation time
-        let mut backups = self
-            .backup_dir
-            .read_dir()?
-            .filter_map(|res| res.map(|e| e.path()).ok())
-            .collect::<Vec<PathBuf>>();
-        backups.sort();
-
-        let max_backups: usize = self.max_backups.try_into().unwrap();
-
-        if backups.len() > max_backups {
-            let excess_backups = backups.len() - max_backups;
-
-            for backup in &backups[0..excess_backups] {
-                std::fs::remove_file(backup)?;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index ed5cb21..e3e3131 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-mod backups;
 mod command;
 mod process;
 
-pub use backups::BackupManager;
 pub use command::{ServerCommand, ServerType};
 pub use process::ServerProcess;
diff --git a/src/server/process.rs b/src/server/process.rs
index f503c84..a9a9f45 100644
--- a/src/server/process.rs
+++ b/src/server/process.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::server::BackupManager;
 use crate::server::ServerType;
 use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
 use flate2::Compression;
@@ -6,6 +5,12 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Child;
 
+#[link(name = "c")]
+extern "C" {
+    fn geteuid() -> u32;
+    fn getegid() -> u32;
+}
+
 pub struct ServerProcess {
     type_: ServerType,
     version: String,
@@ -14,7 +19,6 @@ pub struct ServerProcess {
     backup_dir: PathBuf,
     max_backups: u64,
     child: Child,
-    backups: BackupManager,
 }
 
 impl ServerProcess {
@@ -27,13 +31,6 @@ impl ServerProcess {
         max_backups: u64,
         child: Child,
     ) -> ServerProcess {
-        let backup_manager = BackupManager::open(
-            backup_dir.clone(),
-            config_dir.clone(),
-            world_dir.clone(),
-            max_backups,
-        );
-
         ServerProcess {
             type_,
             version,
@@ -42,7 +39,6 @@ impl ServerProcess {
             backup_dir,
             max_backups,
             child,
-            backups: backup_manager,
         }
     }
 
@@ -88,32 +84,94 @@ impl ServerProcess {
         // We wait some time to (hopefully) ensure the save-all call has completed
         std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10));
 
-        let start_time = chrono::offset::Local::now();
-        let res = self.backups.create_archive();
+        let res = self.create_backup_archive();
 
         if res.is_ok() {
-            self.backups.remove_old_backups()?;
+            self.remove_old_backups()?;
         }
 
         // The server's save feature needs to be enabled again even if the archive failed to create
         self.custom("save-on")?;
 
-        let duration = chrono::offset::Local::now() - start_time;
-        let duration_str = format!(
-            "{}m{}s",
-            duration.num_seconds() / 60,
-            duration.num_seconds() % 60
-        );
-
         if res.is_ok() {
-            self.custom(&format!("say server backed up in {}", duration_str))?;
+            self.custom("say server backed up successfully")?;
         } else {
-            self.custom(&format!(
-                "an error occured after {} while backing up the server",
-                duration_str
-            ))?;
+            self.custom("an error occured while backing up the server")?;
         }
 
         res
     }
+
+    /// Create a new compressed backup archive of the server's data.
+    fn create_backup_archive(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        // Create a gzip-compressed tarball of the worlds folder
+        let filename = format!(
+            "{}",
+            chrono::offset::Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.tar.gz")
+        );
+        let path = self.backup_dir.join(filename);
+        let tar_gz = std::fs::File::create(path)?;
+        let enc = GzEncoder::new(tar_gz, Compression::default());
+        let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(enc);
+
+        tar.append_dir_all("worlds", &self.world_dir)?;
+
+        // Add all files from the config directory that aren't the cache
+        for entry in self
+            .config_dir
+            .read_dir()?
+            .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+            .filter(|e| e.file_name() != "cache")
+        {
+            let tar_path = Path::new("config").join(entry.file_name());
+
+            if entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
+                tar.append_dir_all(tar_path, entry.path())?;
+            } else {
+                tar.append_path_with_name(entry.path(), tar_path)?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // We add a file to the backup describing for what version it was made
+        let info = format!("{} {}", self.type_, self.version);
+        let info_bytes = info.as_bytes();
+
+        let mut header = tar::Header::new_gnu();
+        header.set_size(info_bytes.len().try_into().unwrap());
+        header.set_mode(0o100644);
+        unsafe {
+            header.set_gid(getegid().into());
+            header.set_uid(geteuid().into());
+        }
+
+        tar.append_data(&mut header, "info.txt", info_bytes)?;
+
+        // Backup file gets finalized in the drop
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Remove the oldest backups
+    fn remove_old_backups(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        // The naming format used allows us to sort the backups by name and still get a sorting by
+        // creation time
+        let mut backups = self
+            .backup_dir
+            .read_dir()?
+            .filter_map(|res| res.map(|e| e.path()).ok())
+            .collect::<Vec<PathBuf>>();
+        backups.sort();
+
+        let max_backups: usize = self.max_backups.try_into().unwrap();
+
+        if backups.len() > max_backups {
+            let excess_backups = backups.len() - max_backups;
+
+            for backup in &backups[0..excess_backups] {
+                std::fs::remove_file(backup)?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }