diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77c1c50..a53fc31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ crontab is...
 (minute) (hour) (day of month) (month) (day of week)
 
 
-The following is the production crontab.  you can directly copy these lines into the cron schedule...
+The following is the production crontab for DIA.  you can directly copy these lines into the cron schedule...
 1) Stop the cron service.  sudo service cron stop
 2) Copy/Paste daya ...  sudo crontab -e     and then copy the below lines
 3) Restart cron sudo service cron restart
@@ -187,3 +187,19 @@ CRON_DIR_IPMONITOR=/opt/MarketData/IPMonitor
 0 * * * * cd $CRON_DIR_IPMONITOR ; /opt/MarketData/IPMonitor/ipmonitor IPMONITOR /FORCE:true > /dev/null 2>&1 
 10,20,30,40,50 * * * * cd $CRON_DIR_IPMONITOR ; /opt/MarketData/IPMonitor/ipmonitor > /dev/null 2>&1
 
+The following is the production crontab for Adrastea to backup the database every saturday at noon.  you can directly copy these lines into the cron schedule...
+1) Stop the cron service.  sudo service cron stop
+2) Copy/Paste daya ...  sudo crontab -e     and then copy the below lines
+3) Restart cron sudo service cron restart
+4) Ensure cron is running sudo service cron status
+# sudo service cron reload , sudo service cron restart
+# cron helper app here -> https://cron.help/#*/5_9-17_*_*_1-5
+# m h  dom mon dow   command
+# sudo service cron reload , sudo service cron restart
+# cron helper app here -> https://cron.help/#*/5_9-17_*_*_1-5
+CRON_DIR=/home/pi/ARM64/Scripts
+0 12 * * 6 cd $CRON_DIR ; ./dump.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/Scripts/dump.sh b/Scripts/dump.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f31938c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scripts/dump.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+TARGET_FILE=backupdb.sql
+TAR_FILE=backupdb.tar.gz
+printf "Dumping database\n"
+
+if test -f "$TARGET_FILE"
+then
+  echo "Removing $TARGET_FILE"
+  sudo rm "$TARGET_FILE"
+fi
+if test -f "$TAR_FILE"
+then
+  echo "Removing $TAR_FILE"
+  sudo rm "$TAR_FILE"
+fi
+echo "Creating $TARGET_FILE"
+#mysqldump --hex-blob --max_allowed_packet=64M --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --databases market_data portfolio_data user_data --user=root --password=dbas --master-data > "$TARGET_FILE"
+mysqldump --hex-blob --max_allowed_packet=64M --default-character-set=utf8mb4 --databases market_data portfolio_data user_data --user=root --password=dbas --master-data | pv >  "$TARGET_FILE"
+echo "Creating $TAR_FILE"
+tar -czvf "$TAR_FILE" "$TARGET_FILE"