diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 10e0da9..4d50091 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
@@ -17,6 +18,35 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("error loading .env file: (%s)", err.Error())
 	}
 
+	path, err := exec.LookPath("restic")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("could not find restic in PATH %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(path, "backup", "--dry-run", "/media/piwigo")
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error connecting to stdout: %q: %s", cmd.String(), err)
+	}
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error running command: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cmd = exec.Command(path, "forget", "--dry-run", "--keep-last", "7")
+	stdout, err = cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error connecting to stdout: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error running command %q: %s", cmd.String(), err)
+	}
+
+	log.Print(stdout)
+
 	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
 		// only do this if we have been given a file to upload (for now)
 		// TODO: have this tool take the backup of the DB itself