diff --git a/orientdb/templates/automatic-backup.json.j2 b/orientdb/templates/automatic-backup.json.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e574612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orientdb/templates/automatic-backup.json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "enabled": true,
+  "mode": "EXPORT",
+  "exportOptions": "",
+  "delay": "24h",
+  "firstTime": "23:00:00",
+  "targetDirectory": "backup",
+  "targetFileName": "${DBNAME}-${DATE:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.zip",
+  "compressionLevel": 9,
+  "bufferSize": 1048576
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2 b/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
index 9493c87..86b2808 100644
--- a/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
+++ b/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         </handler>
         <handler class="com.orientechnologies.orient.server.handler.OAutomaticBackup">
             <parameters>
-                <parameter value="false" name="enabled"/>
+                <parameter value="true" name="enabled"/>
                 <parameter value="${ORIENTDB_HOME}/config/automatic-backup.json" name="config"/>
             </parameters>
         </handler>