diff --git a/borg-backup b/borg-backup.sh
similarity index 98%
rename from borg-backup
rename to borg-backup.sh
index 1ccd537..f292f42 100755
--- a/borg-backup
+++ b/borg-backup.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ info "Starting backup"
     --exclude 'var/cache/*'         \
     --exclude 'srv/data/backup'     \
     --exclude '*/.Trash*'           \
-    --exclude '*/Trash*'           \
                                     \
     ::'{hostname}-{now}'            \
     /etc                            \
diff --git a/btrfs-raid-status b/btrfs-raid-status.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from btrfs-raid-status
rename to btrfs-raid-status.sh
diff --git a/download-with-sftp.sh b/download-with-sftp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cd5f11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/download-with-sftp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export BORG_PASSPHRASE="$(cat /root/secret/borg-snowboard.key)"
+if [[ -z "${BORG_PASSPHRASE}" ]]; then
+    echo 'BORG_PASSPHRASE is not set, cannot continue'
+    exit
+fi
+cd /srv/data/backup/borg/snowboard 
+mkdir -p old
+mv data* old
+backupdir="data-$(date -I)"
+mkdir -p $backupdir
+cd $backupdir
+sftp fileserver@cscherr.de < /usr/local/cron/scripts/sftp-commands.txt
+status_download=$?
+echo "finished downloading from snowboard. Status: $status_download"
+borg check -v  data/backup/borg/snowboard
+status_check=$?
+echo "finished checking the downloaded repo. Status: $status_check"
+if [ "$status_check" -eq "0" ]; then
+    cd /srv/data/backup/borg/snowboard
+    rm -r old
+else
+    echo "the new repo was not checked successfully, keeping old repo."
+fi
+echo $(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
diff --git a/sftp-commands.txt b/sftp-commands.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d22b421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sftp-commands.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# get all files and directories in /data
+# /data is the main dir. / is only a gateway dir with a bind mount
+get -R /data