diff --git a/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh b/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh
index a915bef..63fa6ef 100755
--- a/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh
+++ b/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ backup_dir="$1"
 
 echo "restoring from $backup_dir"
 
-backup_dest="/tmp/wp-content-$(date +%s)"
-ssh "$remote_ssh" "mv $remote_wp_path/wp-content $backup_dest"
-echo "remote wp-content backed up as: $backup_dest"
+backup_db_dest="/tmp/wp-content-$(date +%s)"
+ssh "$remote_ssh" "mv $remote_wp_path/wp-content $backup_db_dest"
+echo "remote wp-content backed up as: $backup_db_dest"
 cat "$backup_dir/$backup_dir.tar" | ssh "$remote_ssh" "cd /; tar zxvf -"
 
-# TODO - backup database first?
+# TODO - test database backup works
+backup_db_dest="/tmp/wp-db-$(date +%s)"
+ssh "$remote_ssh" "wp db export $backup_db_dest --path=$remote_wp_path"
+echo "remote database backed up as: $backup_db_dest"
 cat "./$backup_dir/$backup_dir.sql" | wp db import --ssh="$remote_ssh$remote_wp_path" -
 
 wp search-replace "$local_protocol://$local_domain" "$remote_protocol://$remote_domain" \