diff --git a/migrations/20241209150823-backups-add-archive.js b/migrations/20241209150823-backups-add-archive.js
index 15ec2ea2c..16eb10652 100644
--- a/migrations/20241209150823-backups-add-archive.js
+++ b/migrations/20241209150823-backups-add-archive.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports.up = async function(db) {
-    await db.runSql('ALTER TABLE apps ADD COLUMN enableTurn BOOLEAN DEFAULT 1');
+    await db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups ADD COLUMN archive BOOLEAN DEFAULT 0');
 };
 
 exports.down = async function(db) {
-    await db.runSql('ALTER TABLE apps DROP COLUMN enableTurn');
+    await db.runSql('ALTER TABLE backups DROP COLUMN archive');
 };
 
diff --git a/src/backupcleaner.js b/src/backupcleaner.js
index 2808082b9..83f7dc66b 100644
--- a/src/backupcleaner.js
+++ b/src/backupcleaner.js
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ function applyBackupRetention(allBackups, retention, referencedBackupIds) {
     const now = new Date();
 
     for (const backup of allBackups) {
-        if (backup.state === backups.BACKUP_STATE_ERROR) {
+        if (backup.archive) {
+            backup.keepReason = 'archive';
+        } else if (backup.state === backups.BACKUP_STATE_ERROR) {
             backup.discardReason = 'error';
         } else if (backup.state === backups.BACKUP_STATE_CREATING) {
             if ((now - backup.creationTime) < 48*60*60*1000) backup.keepReason = 'creating';
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index ab6468b48..b1666cfd0 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const assert = require('assert'),
     tasks = require('./tasks.js'),
     _ = require('underscore');
 
-const BACKUPS_FIELDS = [ 'id', 'remotePath', 'label', 'identifier', 'creationTime', 'packageVersion', 'type', 'dependsOnJson', 'state', 'manifestJson', 'format', 'preserveSecs', 'encryptionVersion' ];
+const BACKUPS_FIELDS = [ 'id', 'remotePath', 'label', 'identifier', 'creationTime', 'packageVersion', 'type', 'dependsOnJson', 'state', 'manifestJson', 'format', 'preserveSecs', 'encryptionVersion', 'archive' ];
 
 function postProcess(result) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof result, 'object');
diff --git a/src/test/backupcleaner-test.js b/src/test/backupcleaner-test.js
index 407b359fe..c1639a4ed 100644
--- a/src/test/backupcleaner-test.js
+++ b/src/test/backupcleaner-test.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ describe('backup cleaner', function () {
         dependsOn: [ 'dep1' ],
         manifest: null,
         format: 'tgz',
-        preserveSecs: 0
+        preserveSecs: 0,
+        archive: false
     };
 
     describe('retention', function () {
@@ -43,25 +44,25 @@ describe('backup cleaner', function () {
         });
 
         it('does not keep latest', function () {
-            let backup = { creationTime: moment().subtract(5, 's').toDate(), state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL };
+            const backup = { creationTime: moment().subtract(5, 's').toDate(), state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL };
             backupCleaner._applyBackupRetention([backup], { keepWithinSecs: 1, keepLatest: false }, []);
             expect(backup.keepReason).to.be(undefined);
         });
 
         it('always keeps forever policy', function () {
-            let backup = { creationTime: new Date() };
+            const backup = { creationTime: new Date() };
             backupCleaner._applyBackupRetention([backup], { keepWithinSecs: -1, keepLatest: true }, []);
             expect(backup.keepReason).to.be('keepWithinSecs');
         });
 
         it('preserveSecs takes precedence', function () {
-            let backup = { creationTime: new Date(), preserveSecs: 3000 };
+            const backup = { creationTime: new Date(), preserveSecs: 3000 };
             backupCleaner._applyBackupRetention([backup], { keepWithinSecs: 1, keepLatest: true }, []);
             expect(backup.keepReason).to.be('preserveSecs');
         });
 
         it('1 daily', function () {
-            let b = [
+            const b = [
                 { id: '0', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().toDate() },
                 { id: '1', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().subtract(1, 'h').toDate() },
                 { id: '2', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().subtract(3, 'h').toDate() },
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ describe('backup cleaner', function () {
 
         // if you are debugging this test, it's because of some timezone issue with all the hour substraction!
         it('2 daily, 1 weekly', function () {
-            let b = [
+            const b = [
                 { id: '0', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().toDate() },
                 { id: '1', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().subtract(1, 'h').toDate() },
                 { id: '2', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().subtract(3, 'h').toDate() },
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ describe('backup cleaner', function () {
         });
 
         it('2 daily, 3 monthly, 1 yearly', function () {
-            let b = [
+            const b = [
                 { id: '0', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_CREATING, creationTime: moment().toDate() },
                 { id: '1', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_ERROR, creationTime: moment().toDate() },
                 { id: '2', state: backups.BACKUP_STATE_NORMAL, creationTime: moment().toDate() },
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ describe('backup cleaner', function () {
             expect(b[8].keepReason).to.be('keepMonthly');
             expect(b[9].keepReason).to.be(undefined);
         });
+
+        it('keeps archive', function () {
+            const backup = Object.assign({}, backupTemplate, { archive: true });
+            backupCleaner._applyBackupRetention([backup], { keepWithinSecs: 0, keepLatest: false }, []);
+            expect(backup.keepReason).to.be('archive');
+        });
     });
 
     describe('task', function () {
diff --git a/src/test/backups-test.js b/src/test/backups-test.js
index 928195aff..5870a4046 100644
--- a/src/test/backups-test.js
+++ b/src/test/backups-test.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ describe('backups', function () {
         manifest: null,
         format: 'tgz',
         preserveSecs: 0,
-        label: ''
+        label: '',
+        archive: false
     };
 
     const appBackup = {
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ describe('backups', function () {
         manifest: { foo: 'bar' },
         format: 'tgz',
         preserveSecs: 0,
-        label: ''
+        label: '',
+        archive: false
     };
 
     describe('crud', function () {