diff --git a/config.example.sh b/config.example.sh
index 88e013b..d408fb1 100644
--- a/config.example.sh
+++ b/config.example.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ declare -A STORAGE_ALERT
 # storage in GiB
 STORAGE_ALERT=(["/"]=5)
 
+BACKUP_DIRECTORY="/home/ubuntu/data"
+
 # when set to 0, all backups are kept
 PRUNE_DOWN_TO=0
 
diff --git a/crons/backup-log.sh b/crons/backup-log.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a138f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crons/backup-log.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+LOCATION=`dirname "$0"`
+
+source "${LOCATION}/../config.sh"
+
+cd "${BACKUP_DIRECTORY}"
+
+backups=`find * -type f | xargs du -h`
+echo "${backups}"
+${LOCATION}/../discord.sh general "${backups}"
+
+hashes=`find * -type f | xargs md5sum`
+echo "${hashes}"
+${LOCATION}/../discord.sh general "${hashes}"
+