diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/config.json b/tubearchivist/home/config.json
index 95c12118..a953a497 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/config.json
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/config.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
         "cache_dir": "/cache",
         "videos": "/youtube",
         "colors": "dark",
-        "enable_cast": false
+        "enable_cast": false,
+        "enable_snapshot": false
     },
     "scheduler": {
         "update_subscribed": false,
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
index c2152198..239fa1ec 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/es/snapshot.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ElasticSnapshot:
 
     def setup(self):
         """setup the snapshot in ES, create or update if needed"""
+        print("snapshot: run setup")
         repo_exists = self._check_repo_exists()
         if not repo_exists:
             self.create_repo()
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py
index 4459f9b5..90927c4b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ class ApplicationSettingsForm(forms.Form):
         ("1", "enable Cast"),
     ]
 
+    SNAPSHOT_CHOICES = [
+        ("", "-- change snapshot settings --"),
+        ("0", "disable system snapshots"),
+        ("1", "enable system snapshots"),
+    ]
+
     SUBTITLE_SOURCE_CHOICES = [
         ("", "-- change subtitle source settings"),
         ("user", "only download user created"),
@@ -124,6 +130,9 @@ class ApplicationSettingsForm(forms.Form):
     application_enable_cast = forms.ChoiceField(
         widget=forms.Select, choices=CAST_CHOICES, required=False
     )
+    application_enable_snapshot = forms.ChoiceField(
+        widget=forms.Select, choices=SNAPSHOT_CHOICES, required=False
+    )
 
 
 class SchedulerSettingsForm(forms.Form):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
index 6477013d..30b656b9 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
@@ -153,6 +153,23 @@
                 {{ app_form.application_enable_cast }}
             </div>
         </div>
+        <div class="settings-group">
+            <h2 id="snapshots">Snapshots</h2>
+            <div class="settings-item">
+                <p>Current system snapshot: <span class="settings-current">{{ config.application.enable_snapshot }}</span></p>
+                <i>Automatically create daily deduplicated snapshots of the index, stored in Elasticsearch. Read first before activating: Wiki.</i><br>
+                {{ app_form.application_enable_snapshot }}
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                {% if snapshots %}
+                    <p>Create next snapshot: <span class="settings-current">{{ snapshots.next_exec_str }}</span>, snapshots expire after <span class="settings-current">{{ snapshots.expire_after }}</span></p>
+                    <br>
+                    {% for snapshot in snapshots.snapshots %}
+                        <p><button data-id="{{ snapshot.id }}">Restore</button> Snapshot created on: <span class="settings-current">{{ snapshot.start_date }}</span>, took <span class="settings-current">{{ snapshot.duration_s }}s</span> to create</p>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                {% endif %}
+            </div>
+        </div>
         <button type="submit" name="application-settings">Update Application Configurations</button>
     </form>
     <div class="title-bar">
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/views.py b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
index ba5af2f1..f5788d09 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from django.views import View
 from home.src.download.yt_dlp_base import CookieHandler
 from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
 from home.src.es.index_setup import get_available_backups
+from home.src.es.snapshot import ElasticSnapshot
 from home.src.frontend.api_calls import PostData
 from home.src.frontend.forms import (
     AddToQueueForm,
@@ -942,6 +943,7 @@ class SettingsView(View):
         user_form = UserSettingsForm()
         app_form = ApplicationSettingsForm()
         scheduler_form = SchedulerSettingsForm()
+        snapshots = ElasticSnapshot().get_snapshot_stats()
         token = self.get_token(request)
 
         context = {
@@ -953,6 +955,7 @@ class SettingsView(View):
             "user_form": user_form,
             "app_form": app_form,
             "scheduler_form": scheduler_form,
+            "snapshots": snapshots,
             "version": settings.TA_VERSION,
         }
 
@@ -1000,6 +1003,8 @@ class SettingsView(View):
         for config_value, updated_value in updated:
             if config_value == "cookie_import":
                 self.process_cookie(config, updated_value)
+            if config_value == "enable_snapshot":
+                ElasticSnapshot().setup()
 
     def process_cookie(self, config, updated_value):
         """import and validate cookie"""