diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-keyserver b/src/freedombone-app-keyserver
index 2e888df4..96f0743c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-keyserver
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-keyserver
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ function upgrade_keyserver {
 }
 
 function backup_local_keyserver {
+    # remove any unused log files
+    cd /var/lib/sks/DB
+    db_archive -d
+
     source_directory=/etc/sks
     if [ -d $source_directory ]; then
         systemctl stop sks
@@ -189,6 +193,10 @@ function restore_local_keyserver {
 }
 
 function backup_remote_keyserver {
+    # remove any unused log files
+    cd /var/lib/sks/DB
+    db_archive -d
+
     source_directory=/etc/sks
     if [ -d $source_directory ]; then
         systemctl stop sks