diff --git a/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh b/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh
index 3263e3d..a915bef 100755
--- a/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh
+++ b/tools/wp-content-db/restore.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ backup_dir="$1"
 
 echo "restoring from $backup_dir"
 
-cat "$backup_dir/$backup_dir.tar" | ssh "$remote_ssh" "cd /; tar zxf -"
+backup_dest="/tmp/wp-content-$(date +%s)"
+ssh "$remote_ssh" "mv $remote_wp_path/wp-content $backup_dest"
+echo "remote wp-content backed up as: $backup_dest"
+cat "$backup_dir/$backup_dir.tar" | ssh "$remote_ssh" "cd /; tar zxvf -"
 
+# TODO - backup database first?
 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" \