diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs
index 58f997d34..d18f81304 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtentions.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         public const string NZBDRONE_DB_FILE = "nzbdrone.sdf";
         public const string LOG_DB_FILE = "log.sdf";
 
+        private const string BACKUP_ZIP_FILE = "NzbDrone_Backup.zip";
+
         private const string UPDATE_SANDBOX_FOLDER_NAME = "nzbdrone_update\\";
         private const string UPDATE_PACKAGE_FOLDER_NAME = "nzbdrone\\";
         private const string UPDATE_BACKUP_FOLDER_NAME = "nzbdrone_backup\\";
@@ -144,9 +146,15 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         {
             return Path.Combine(enviromentProvider.ApplicationPath, "nzbdrone.log.txt");
         }
+
         public static string GetArchivedLogFileName(this EnviromentProvider enviromentProvider)
         {
             return Path.Combine(enviromentProvider.ApplicationPath, "nzbdrone.log.0.txt");
         }
+
+        public static string GetConfigBackupFile(this EnviromentProvider enviromentProvider)
+        {
+            return Path.Combine(enviromentProvider.GetAppDataPath(), BACKUP_ZIP_FILE);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index a88c0925a..4d9492dd1 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Model\Xbmc\TvShowResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\Xbmc\ErrorResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Model\Xbmc\IconType.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Providers\BackupProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\Converting\AtomicParsleyProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\Converting\HandbrakeProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Providers\Indexer\Newznab.cs" />
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/BackupProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/BackupProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734dd4d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/BackupProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Ionic.Zip;
+using NLog;
+using Ninject;
+using NzbDrone.Common;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
+{
+    public class BackupProvider
+    {
+        private readonly EnviromentProvider _enviromentProvider;
+        private static readonly Logger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+      
+        [Inject]
+        public BackupProvider(EnviromentProvider enviromentProvider)
+        {
+            _enviromentProvider = enviromentProvider;
+        }
+
+        public BackupProvider()
+        {
+            
+        }
+
+        public virtual string CreateBackupZip()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var dbFile = _enviromentProvider.GetNzbDronoeDbFile();
+                var configFile = _enviromentProvider.GetConfigPath();
+                var zipFile = _enviromentProvider.GetConfigBackupFile();
+
+                using (var zip = new ZipFile())
+                {
+                    zip.AddFile(dbFile, String.Empty);
+                    zip.AddFile(configFile, String.Empty);
+                    zip.Save(zipFile);
+                }
+
+                return zipFile;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger.ErrorException("Failed to create backup zip", ex);
+                throw;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/ArchiveProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/ArchiveProvider.cs
index 18d87729b..48de6a983 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/ArchiveProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Core/ArchiveProvider.cs
@@ -10,19 +10,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core
 {
     public class ArchiveProvider
     {
-        private readonly EnviromentProvider _enviromentProvider;
         private static readonly Logger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
-      
-        [Inject]
-        public ArchiveProvider(EnviromentProvider enviromentProvider)
-        {
-            _enviromentProvider = enviromentProvider;
-        }
-
-        public ArchiveProvider()
-        {
-            
-        }
 
         public virtual void ExtractArchive(string compressedFile, string destination)
         {
@@ -35,29 +23,5 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Core
 
             logger.Trace("Extraction complete.");
         }
-
-        public virtual FileInfo CreateBackupZip()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var dbFile = PathExtentions.GetNzbDronoeDbFile(_enviromentProvider);
-                var configFile = PathExtentions.GetConfigPath(_enviromentProvider);
-                var zipFile = Path.Combine(PathExtentions.GetAppDataPath(_enviromentProvider), "NzbDrone_Backup.zip");
-
-                using (var zip = new ZipFile())
-                {
-                    zip.AddFile(dbFile, String.Empty);
-                    zip.AddFile(configFile, String.Empty);
-                    zip.Save(zipFile);
-                }
-
-                return new FileInfo(zipFile);
-            }
-            catch(Exception ex)
-            {
-                logger.WarnException("Failed to create backup zip", ex);
-                return null;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/SystemController.cs b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/SystemController.cs
index f58d72938..87a3789c5 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/SystemController.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/SystemController.cs
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
         private readonly IndexerProvider _indexerProvider;
         private readonly ConfigProvider _configProvider;
         private readonly DiskProvider _diskProvider;
-        private readonly ArchiveProvider _archiveProvider;
+        private readonly BackupProvider _backupProvider;
 
         public SystemController(JobProvider jobProvider, IndexerProvider indexerProvider,
                                     ConfigProvider configProvider, DiskProvider diskProvider,
-                                    ArchiveProvider archiveProvider)
+                                    BackupProvider backupProvider)
         {
             _jobProvider = jobProvider;
             _indexerProvider = indexerProvider;
             _configProvider = configProvider;
             _diskProvider = diskProvider;
-            _archiveProvider = archiveProvider;
+            _backupProvider = backupProvider;
         }
 
         public ActionResult Jobs()
@@ -149,8 +149,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
 
         public ActionResult Backup()
         {
-            var file = _archiveProvider.CreateBackupZip();
-            return File(file.FullName, "application/binary", file.Name);
+            var file = _backupProvider.CreateBackupZip();
+            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(file);
+
+            return File(fileInfo.FullName, "application/binary", fileInfo.Name);
         }
     }
 }