diff --git a/docs/maintenance/backups/index.md b/docs/maintenance/backups/index.md
index 10ca567ff..1bf3ef19c 100644
--- a/docs/maintenance/backups/index.md
+++ b/docs/maintenance/backups/index.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 ### Backup
 
+!!! notice
+
+    Local backups are **enabled** by default, and will be run daily at 00:00
+
 Local backups can be created by running the following command in your passbook installation directory
 
 ```
@@ -14,15 +18,6 @@ docker-compose run --rm worker backup
 
 This will dump the current database into the `./backups` folder. By defaults, the last 10 Backups are kept.
 
-To schedule these backups, use the following snippet in a crontab
-
-```
-0 0 * * * bash -c "cd <passbook install location> && docker-compose run --rm worker backup" >/dev/null
-```
-
-!!! notice
-
-    passbook does support automatic backups on a schedule, however this is currently not recommended, as there is no way to monitor these scheduled tasks.
 
 ### Restore
 
@@ -42,11 +37,7 @@ After you've restored the backup, it is recommended to restart all services with
 
 ### S3 Configuration
 
-!!! notice
-
-    To trigger backups with S3 enabled, use the same commands as above.
-
-#### S3 Preparation
+#### Preparation
 
 passbook expects the bucket you select to already exist. The IAM User given to passbook should have the following permissions
 
@@ -101,11 +92,11 @@ Simply enable these options in your values.yaml file
 ```yaml
 # Enable Database Backups to S3
 backup:
-  access_key: access-key
-  secret_key: secret-key
+  accessKey: access-key
+  secretKey: secret-key
   bucket: s3-bucket
   region: eu-central-1
   host: s3-host
 ```
 
-Afterwards, run a `helm upgrade` to update the ConfigMap. Because passbook-scheduled backups are not recommended currently, a Kubernetes CronJob is created that runs the backup daily.
+Afterwards, run a `helm upgrade` to update the ConfigMap. Backups are done automatically as above, at 00:00 every day.
diff --git a/helm/templates/cronjob-backup.yaml b/helm/templates/cronjob-backup.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a06a7d07..000000000
--- a/helm/templates/cronjob-backup.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.backup }}
-apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "passbook.fullname" . }}-backup
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "passbook.name" . }}
-    helm.sh/chart: {{ include "passbook.chart" . }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-spec:
-  schedule: "0 0 * * *"
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      template:
-        spec:
-          restartPolicy: Never
-          containers:
-          - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
-            image: "{{ .Values.image.name }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
-            args: [server]
-            envFrom:
-              - configMapRef:
-                  name: {{ include "passbook.fullname" . }}-config
-                prefix: PASSBOOK_
-            env:
-              - name: PASSBOOK_SECRET_KEY
-                valueFrom:
-                  secretKeyRef:
-                    name: "{{ include "passbook.fullname" . }}-secret-key"
-                    key: "secret_key"
-              - name: PASSBOOK_REDIS__PASSWORD
-                valueFrom:
-                  secretKeyRef:
-                    name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-redis"
-                    key: "redis-password"
-              - name: PASSBOOK_POSTGRESQL__PASSWORD
-                valueFrom:
-                  secretKeyRef:
-                    name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-postgresql"
-                    key: "postgresql-password"
-{{- end}}
diff --git a/passbook/lib/tasks.py b/passbook/lib/tasks/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from passbook/lib/tasks.py
rename to passbook/lib/tasks/__init__.py
diff --git a/passbook/lib/tasks/backup.py b/passbook/lib/tasks/backup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94707df54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passbook/lib/tasks/backup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""Database backup task"""
+from datetime import datetime
+from io import StringIO
+
+from botocore.exceptions import BotoCoreError, ClientError
+from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import naturaltime
+from django.core import management
+from structlog import get_logger
+
+from passbook.lib.tasks import MonitoredTask, TaskResult, TaskResultStatus
+from passbook.root.celery import CELERY_APP
+
+LOGGER = get_logger()
+
+
+@CELERY_APP.task(bind=True, base=MonitoredTask)
+def backup_database(self: MonitoredTask):  # pragma: no cover
+    """Database backup"""
+    try:
+        start = datetime.now()
+        out = StringIO()
+        management.call_command("dbbackup", quiet=True, stdout=out)
+        self.set_status(
+            TaskResult(
+                TaskResultStatus.SUCCESSFUL,
+                [
+                    f"Successfully finished database backup {naturaltime(start)}",
+                    out.getvalue(),
+                ],
+            )
+        )
+        LOGGER.info("Successfully backed up database.")
+    except (IOError, BotoCoreError, ClientError) as exc:
+        self.set_status(TaskResult(TaskResultStatus.ERROR).with_error(exc))
diff --git a/passbook/root/settings.py b/passbook/root/settings.py
index 219f04484..9e4e46ed5 100644
--- a/passbook/root/settings.py
+++ b/passbook/root/settings.py
@@ -269,9 +269,14 @@ CELERY_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = 600
 CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULE = {
     "clean_expired_models": {
         "task": "passbook.core.tasks.clean_expired_models",
-        "schedule": crontab(minute="*/5"),  # Run every 5 minutes
+        "schedule": crontab(minute="*/5"),
         "options": {"queue": "passbook_scheduled"},
-    }
+    },
+    "db_backup": {
+        "task": "passbook.lib.tasks.backup.backup_database",
+        "schedule": crontab(minute=0, hour=0),
+        "options": {"queue": "passbook_scheduled"},
+    },
 }
 CELERY_TASK_CREATE_MISSING_QUEUES = True
 CELERY_TASK_DEFAULT_QUEUE = "passbook"
@@ -445,6 +450,7 @@ for _app in INSTALLED_APPS:
 if DEBUG:
     INSTALLED_APPS.append("debug_toolbar")
     MIDDLEWARE.append("debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware")
+    CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
 
 INSTALLED_APPS.append("passbook.core.apps.PassbookCoreConfig")