diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index 7a214987..778af9d6 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -198,6 +198,29 @@ function expire_pleroma_posts {
     echo '    fi' >> $pleroma_expire_script
     echo 'done' >> $pleroma_expire_script
     echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '# get the local banner files' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo "banners=\$(sudo -u postgres psql -d pleroma -c \"select avatar->>'banner' from users where avatar->>'url' like '%${domain_name}%'\")" >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '# copy the banner files to a temporary directory' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo 'arr=( $banners )' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo 'for i in "${arr[@]}"; do' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '    if [[ "$i" == *'/media/'* ]]; then' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo "        imagefile=/etc/pleroma/uploads/\$(echo \$i | sed 's|\"||g' | sed 's|,||g' | awk -F '/media/' '{print \$2}');" >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '        if [ -f $imagefile ]; then' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo "            imagedir=/etc/pleroma/uploads/\$(echo \$i | sed 's|\"||g' | sed 's|,||g' | awk -F '/media/' '{print \$2}' | awk -F '/' '{print \$1}')" >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '            nowdate=$(date +%s)' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '            sinceepoch=$(date +%s -r $imagefile)' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '            daysold=$((($nowdate - $sinceepoch) / 86400))' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo "            if [ \$daysold -ge ${expire_days_files_threshold} ]; then" >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '                if [ ! -d $imagedir ]; then' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '                    mkdir $imagedir' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '                fi' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '                cp -rp $imagefile $imagedir' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '            fi' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '        fi' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '    fi' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo 'done' >> $pleroma_expire_script
+    echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_script
     echo '# delete old files' >> $pleroma_expire_script
     echo "find /etc/pleroma/uploads/* -mtime +${expire_days_files} -exec rm -rf {} +" >> $pleroma_expire_script
     echo '' >> $pleroma_expire_script