diff --git a/app/Repositories/Wings/DaemonBackupRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Wings/DaemonBackupRepository.php
index d95573d1f..7657c53f7 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Wings/DaemonBackupRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Wings/DaemonBackupRepository.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Pterodactyl\Repositories\Wings;
 
 use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
+use Pterodactyl\Models\Backup;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\TransferException;
@@ -10,6 +11,33 @@ use Pterodactyl\Exceptions\Http\Connection\DaemonConnectionException;
 
 class DaemonBackupRepository extends DaemonRepository
 {
+    /**
+     * Tells the remote Daemon to begin generating a backup for the server.
+     *
+     * @param \Pterodactyl\Models\Backup $backup
+     * @return \Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface
+     *
+     * @throws \Pterodactyl\Exceptions\Http\Connection\DaemonConnectionException
+     */
+    public function backup(Backup $backup): ResponseInterface
+    {
+        Assert::isInstanceOf($this->server, Server::class);
+
+        try {
+            return $this->getHttpClient()->post(
+                sprintf('/api/servers/%s/backup', $this->server->uuid),
+                [
+                    'json' => [
+                        'uuid' => $backup->uuid,
+                        'ignored_files' => explode(PHP_EOL, $backup->ignored_files),
+                    ],
+                ]
+            );
+        } catch (TransferException $exception) {
+            throw new DaemonConnectionException($exception);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a stream of a backup's contents from the Wings instance so that we
      * do not need to send the user directly to the Daemon.
diff --git a/app/Services/Backups/InitiateBackupService.php b/app/Services/Backups/InitiateBackupService.php
index b58fba018..f9c4de4b5 100644
--- a/app/Services/Backups/InitiateBackupService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Backups/InitiateBackupService.php
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Backup;
 use Pterodactyl\Models\Server;
+use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
 use Pterodactyl\Repositories\Eloquent\BackupRepository;
+use Pterodactyl\Repositories\Wings\DaemonBackupRepository;
 
 class InitiateBackupService
 {
@@ -20,14 +22,31 @@ class InitiateBackupService
      */
     private $repository;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface
+     */
+    private $connection;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Pterodactyl\Repositories\Wings\DaemonBackupRepository
+     */
+    private $daemonBackupRepository;
+
     /**
      * InitiateBackupService constructor.
      *
      * @param \Pterodactyl\Repositories\Eloquent\BackupRepository $repository
+     * @param \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface $connection
+     * @param \Pterodactyl\Repositories\Wings\DaemonBackupRepository $daemonBackupRepository
      */
-    public function __construct(BackupRepository $repository)
-    {
+    public function __construct(
+        BackupRepository $repository,
+        ConnectionInterface $connection,
+        DaemonBackupRepository $daemonBackupRepository
+    ) {
         $this->repository = $repository;
+        $this->connection = $connection;
+        $this->daemonBackupRepository = $daemonBackupRepository;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,19 +69,23 @@ class InitiateBackupService
      * @param string|null $name
      * @return \Pterodactyl\Models\Backup
      *
-     * @throws \Exception
+     * @throws \Throwable
      */
     public function handle(Server $server, string $name = null): Backup
     {
-        /** @var \Pterodactyl\Models\Backup $backup */
-        $backup = $this->repository->create([
-            'server_id' => $server->id,
-            'uuid' => Uuid::uuid4()->toString(),
-            'name' => trim($name) ?: sprintf('Backup at %s', CarbonImmutable::now()->toDateTimeString()),
-            'ignored_files' => $this->ignoredFiles ?? '',
-            'disk' => 'local',
-        ], true, true);
+        return $this->connection->transaction(function () use ($server, $name) {
+            /** @var \Pterodactyl\Models\Backup $backup */
+            $backup = $this->repository->create([
+                'server_id' => $server->id,
+                'uuid' => Uuid::uuid4()->toString(),
+                'name' => trim($name) ?: sprintf('Backup at %s', CarbonImmutable::now()->toDateTimeString()),
+                'ignored_files' => $this->ignoredFiles ?? '',
+                'disk' => 'local',
+            ], true, true);
 
-        return $backup;
+            $this->daemonBackupRepository->setServer($server)->backup($backup);
+
+            return $backup;
+        });
     }
 }