diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-vpn b/src/freedombone-app-vpn
index afcc601c..c890dff7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-vpn
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-vpn
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ function create_user_vpn_key {
 
     chown $username:$username $user_vpn_cert_file
 
+    # keep a backup
+    cp $user_vpn_cert_file /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/$username.ovpn
+
     #rm /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/$username.crt
     #rm /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/$username.csr
     shred -zu /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/$username.key