diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/MangaAPI.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/MangaAPI.kt
index 5315550f..7338759f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/MangaAPI.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/MangaAPI.kt
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ object MangaAPI {
 
             get("legacy/export", BackupController::legacyExport)
             get("legacy/export/file", BackupController::legacyExportFile)
+
+            post("protobuf/import", BackupController::protobufImport)
+            post("protobuf/import/file", BackupController::protobufImportFile)
+
+            get("protobuf/export", BackupController::protobufExport)
+            get("protobuf/export/file", BackupController::protobufExportFile)
         }
 
         path("downloads") {
diff --git a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/controller/BackupController.kt b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/controller/BackupController.kt
index 84d1dde8..a50c255c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/controller/BackupController.kt
+++ b/server/src/main/kotlin/suwayomi/tachidesk/manga/controller/BackupController.kt
@@ -73,4 +73,62 @@ object BackupController {
             }
         )
     }
+
+    /** expects a Tachiyomi protobuf backup in the body */
+    fun protobufImport(ctx: Context) { // TODO
+        ctx.result(
+            JavalinSetup.future {
+                LegacyBackupImport.restoreLegacyBackup(ctx.bodyAsInputStream())
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** expects a Tachiyomi protobuf backup as a file upload, the file must be named "backup.proto" */
+    fun protobufImportFile(ctx: Context) { // TODO
+        ctx.result(
+            JavalinSetup.future {
+                LegacyBackupImport.restoreLegacyBackup(ctx.uploadedFile("backup.json")!!.content)
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** returns a Tachiyomi protobuf backup created from the current database as a body */
+    fun protobufExport(ctx: Context) { // TODO
+        ctx.contentType("application/json")
+        ctx.result(
+            JavalinSetup.future {
+                LegacyBackupExport.createLegacyBackup(
+                    BackupFlags(
+                        includeManga = true,
+                        includeCategories = true,
+                        includeChapters = true,
+                        includeTracking = true,
+                        includeHistory = true,
+                    )
+                )
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** returns a Tachiyomi legacy backup json created from the current database as a file */
+    fun protobufExportFile(ctx: Context) {
+        ctx.contentType("application/json")
+        val sdf = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm")
+        val currentDate = sdf.format(Date())
+
+        ctx.header("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"tachidesk_$currentDate.json\"")
+        ctx.result(
+            JavalinSetup.future {
+                LegacyBackupExport.createLegacyBackup(
+                    BackupFlags(
+                        includeManga = true,
+                        includeCategories = true,
+                        includeChapters = true,
+                        includeTracking = true,
+                        includeHistory = true,
+                    )
+                )
+            }
+        )
+    }
 }