diff --git a/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs b/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs
index 9fc3536..6696d07 100644
--- a/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs
+++ b/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-using Dalamud.Logging;
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-using Pal.Client.DependencyInjection.Logging;
 
 namespace Pal.Client.Configuration
 {
diff --git a/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs b/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs
index 5af93c4..8308f3f 100644
--- a/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs
+++ b/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace Pal.Client
 
             var toDelete = backupFiles.OrderByDescending(x => x.Date)
                 .Skip(configuration.Backups.MinimumBackupsToKeep)
-                .Where(x => (DateTime.Today.ToUniversalTime() - x.Date).Days > configuration.Backups.DaysToDeleteAfter)
+                .Where(x => (DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime() - x.Date).Days > configuration.Backups.DaysToDeleteAfter)
                 .Select(x => x.Path);
             foreach (var path in toDelete)
             {
@@ -136,21 +136,28 @@ namespace Pal.Client
 
             var pluginInterface = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<DalamudPluginInterface>();
             string backupPath = Path.Join(pluginInterface.GetPluginConfigDirectory(),
-                $"backup-{DateTime.Today.ToUniversalTime():yyyy-MM-dd}.data.sqlite3");
+                $"backup-{DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime():yyyy-MM-dd}.data.sqlite3");
             string sourcePath = Path.Join(pluginInterface.GetPluginConfigDirectory(),
                 DependencyInjectionContext.DatabaseFileName);
             if (File.Exists(sourcePath) && !File.Exists(backupPath))
             {
-                if (File.Exists(sourcePath + "-shm") || File.Exists(sourcePath + "-wal"))
-                {
-                    _logger.LogWarning("Could not create backup, database is open in another program");
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                _logger.LogInformation("Creating database backup '{Path}'", backupPath);
                 try
                 {
-                    File.Copy(sourcePath, backupPath);
+                    if (File.Exists(sourcePath + "-shm") || File.Exists(sourcePath + "-wal"))
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogInformation("Creating database backup '{Path}' (open db)", backupPath);
+                        await using var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<PalClientContext>();
+                        await using SqliteConnection source = new(db.Database.GetConnectionString());
+                        await source.OpenAsync();
+                        await using SqliteConnection backup = new($"Data Source={backupPath}");
+                        source.BackupDatabase(backup);
+                        SqliteConnection.ClearPool(backup);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogInformation("Creating database backup '{Path}' (file copy)", backupPath);
+                        File.Copy(sourcePath, backupPath);
+                    }
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {