diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index e9bf387..a746108 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -1062,10 +1062,13 @@ doInstallMod(){
 #
 doBackup(){
   local datestamp=`date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S"`
+  local daystamp=`date +"%Y-%m-%d"`
   local backupdir="${arkbackupdir}/${datestamp}"
+  local backupdirdaily="${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}"
   local savedir="SavedArks"
   mkdir -p "$backupdir"
-
+  mkdir -p "$backupdirdaily"
+  
   # extract the map name from the active map mod
   if [ -n "$serverMapModId" ]; then
     serverMap="$(perl -e '
@@ -1160,18 +1163,20 @@ doBackup(){
   else
     echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
   fi
+ 
   #Tar the files and remove the original Backup Directory.  Saves about 50MB of disk space per backup
 
   echo -ne "${NORMAL} Compressing Directory "
 
-  tar -jcvf "${arkbackupdir}/${datestamp}.tar.bz2" -C "${arkbackupdir}" "${datestamp}"
+  tar -jcvf "${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${datestamp}.tar.bz2" -C "${arkbackupdir}" "${datestamp}"
   rm -rf ${backupdir}
 
-  if [ -f "${arkbackupdir}/${datestamp}.tar.bz2" ]; then
+  if [ -f "${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${datestamp}.tar.bz2" ]; then
    echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL} ]"
   else
     echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
   fi
+
 }