diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 3cdb5a7..14bcbf5 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 '
@@ -1098,9 +1101,9 @@ doBackup(){
     cp -p "${arkserverroot}/ShooterGame/Saved/${savedir}/${serverMap##*/}.tmp" "${backupdir##*/}/${serverMap##*/}.ark"
   fi
   if [ -f "${backupdir}/${serverMap##*/}.ark" ]; then
-    echo -e "${NORMAL}[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
   else
-    echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
   fi
 
   # ARK server uses Lock-Truncate-Write-Unlock
@@ -1121,9 +1124,9 @@ doBackup(){
       cp -p "${f%.arkprofile}.tmpprofile" "${backupdir}/${f##*/}"
     fi
     if [ -s "${backupdir}/${f##*/}" ]; then
-      echo -e "${NORMAL}[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
+      echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
     else
-      echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
+      echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
     fi
   done
 
@@ -1142,9 +1145,9 @@ doBackup(){
       cp -p "${f%.arktribe}.tmptribe" "${backupdir}/${f##*/}"
     fi
     if [ -s "${backupdir}/${f##*/}" ]; then
-      echo -e "${NORMAL}[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
+      echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
     else
-      echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
+      echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
     fi
   done
 
@@ -1156,12 +1159,42 @@ doBackup(){
     cp -p "${f}" "${backupdir}/${f##*/}"
   fi
   if [ -f "${backupdir}/GameUserSettings.ini" ]; then
-    echo -e "${NORMAL}[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
   else
-    echo -e "${NORMAL}[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
   fi
+   
+   
+   echo -ne "${NORMAL} Copying Game.ini "
+  
+  cp -p "${arkserverroot}/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini" "${backupdir}/Game.ini"
+  if [ ! -s "${backupdir}/Game.ini" ]; then
+    sleep 2
+    cp -p "${f}" "${backupdir}/${f##*/}"
+  fi
+  if [ -f "${backupdir}/Game.ini" ]; then
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
+  else
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
+  fi
+  
+  
+  #Tar the files and remove the original Backup Directory.  Saves about 50MB of disk space per backup
+
+  echo -ne "${NORMAL} Compressing Backup "
+
+  tar -jcf "${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${datestamp}.tar.bz2" -C "${arkbackupdir}" "${datestamp}"
+  rm -rf ${backupdir}
+
+  if [ -f "${arkbackupdir}/${daystamp}/${datestamp}.tar.bz2" ]; then
+   echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[   ${GREEN}OK${NORMAL}   ]"
+  else
+    echo -e "${NORMAL}\e[68G[ ${RED}FAILED${NORMAL} ]"
+  fi
+  echo -e "${NORMAL} Created Backup: ${GREEN} ${datestamp}.tar.bz2${NORMAL}"
 }
 
+
 #
 # Print the status of the server (running? online? version?)
 #
diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index a5c9f51..b2a174f 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ arkbackupdir="/home/steam/ARK-Backups"                              # path to ba
 arkwarnminutes="60"                                                 # number of minutes to warn players when using update --warn
 arkautorestartfile="ShooterGame/Saved/.autorestart"                 # path to autorestart file
 arkBackupPreUpdate="false"                                          # set this to true if you want to perform a backup before updating
+arkTimeToKeepBackupFiles="10"                                       #Set to Automatically Remove backups older than n days
 
 # Update warning messages
 # Modify as desired, putting the %d replacement operator where the number belongs