diff --git a/packages/loot-core/src/server/budgetfiles/backups.ts b/packages/loot-core/src/server/budgetfiles/backups.ts
index 241f5ea035..441f146ead 100644
--- a/packages/loot-core/src/server/budgetfiles/backups.ts
+++ b/packages/loot-core/src/server/budgetfiles/backups.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import type { Database } from '@jlongster/sql.js';
 // @ts-strict-ignore
+import AdmZip from 'adm-zip';
 import * as dateFns from 'date-fns';
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 import * as connection from '../../platform/server/connection';
 import * as fs from '../../platform/server/fs';
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ async function getBackups(id: string): Promise<BackupWithDate[]> {
   let paths = [];
   if (await fs.exists(backupDir)) {
     paths = await fs.listDir(backupDir);
-    paths = paths.filter(file => file.match(/\.sqlite$/));
+    paths = paths.filter(file => file.match(/\.zip$/));
   }
 
   const backups = await Promise.all(
@@ -112,20 +113,42 @@ export async function makeBackup(id: string) {
     await fs.removeFile(fs.join(fs.getBudgetDir(id), LATEST_BACKUP_FILENAME));
   }
 
-  const backupId = `${uuidv4()}.sqlite`;
+  const backupId = `${dateFns.format(new Date(), 'yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')}.zip`;
   const backupPath = fs.join(budgetDir, 'backups', backupId);
 
   if (!(await fs.exists(fs.join(budgetDir, 'backups')))) {
     await fs.mkdir(fs.join(budgetDir, 'backups'));
   }
 
-  await fs.copyFile(fs.join(budgetDir, 'db.sqlite'), backupPath);
+  // Copy db to a temp path so we can clean CRDT messages before zipping
+  const tempDbPath = fs.join(
+    budgetDir,
+    'backups',
+    `db.${Date.now()}.sqlite.tmp`,
+  );
 
-  // Remove all the messages from the backup
-  const db = await sqlite.openDatabase(backupPath);
-  sqlite.runQuery(db, 'DELETE FROM messages_crdt');
-  sqlite.runQuery(db, 'DELETE FROM messages_clock');
-  sqlite.closeDatabase(db);
+  await fs.copyFile(fs.join(budgetDir, 'db.sqlite'), tempDbPath);
+
+  let db: Database | undefined;
+
+  try {
+    // Remove all the messages from the backup
+    db = await sqlite.openDatabase(tempDbPath);
+    sqlite.runQuery(db, 'DELETE FROM messages_crdt');
+    sqlite.runQuery(db, 'DELETE FROM messages_clock');
+    // Zip up the cleaned db and metadata into a single backup file
+    const zip = new AdmZip();
+    zip.addLocalFile(tempDbPath, '', 'db.sqlite');
+    zip.addLocalFile(fs.join(budgetDir, 'metadata.json'));
+    zip.writeZip(backupPath);
+  } finally {
+    if (db) {
+      sqlite.closeDatabase(db);
+    }
+    if (await fs.exists(tempDbPath)) {
+      await fs.removeFile(tempDbPath);
+    }
+  }
 
   const toRemove = await updateBackups(await getBackups(id));
   for (const id of toRemove) {
@@ -201,10 +224,9 @@ export async function loadBackup(id: string, backupId: string) {
 
     prefs.unloadPrefs();
 
-    await fs.copyFile(
-      fs.join(budgetDir, 'backups', backupId),
-      fs.join(budgetDir, 'db.sqlite'),
-    );
+    const zip = new AdmZip(fs.join(budgetDir, 'backups', backupId));
+    zip.extractEntryTo('db.sqlite', budgetDir, false, true);
+    zip.extractEntryTo('metadata.json', budgetDir, false, true);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/7069.md b/upcoming-release-notes/7069.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fdb25fbc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/7069.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Enhancements
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Converted Electron backups to zip with metadata.json for easy importing