diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/API/InitAPIController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/API/InitAPIController.php
index 4cc1059..29f4dc2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/API/InitAPIController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/API/InitAPIController.php
@@ -21,4 +21,10 @@ class InitAPIController extends Controller
         $result = $this->init->fresh(json_decode($request->getContent()));
         return response()->json($result)->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
     }
+
+    public function setupRestore(Request $request)
+    {
+        $result = $this->init->restore($request);
+        return response()->json($result)->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/InitService.php b/app/Services/InitService.php
index 7234ed9..ef06930 100644
--- a/app/Services/InitService.php
+++ b/app/Services/InitService.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use ReallySimpleJWT\Token;
 use ReallySimpleJWT\Exception\BuildException;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 
+use function _\find;
+
 class InitService
 {
     protected $docs;
@@ -115,4 +117,114 @@ class InitService
 
         return $result;
     }
+
+    public function restore($request)
+    {
+        $file = $request->file('backup-upload');
+        $type = $file->extension();
+        $size = $file->getSize();
+        $name = $file->getClientOriginalName();
+        $file->move('../content' . '/', $name);
+        $zip     = new \ZipArchive();
+        $result  = [];
+        $tempDir = '../content/_temp';
+        if ($zip->open('../content' . '/' . $name) === true) {
+            $folks = json_decode($zip->getFromName('config/folks.json'), true);
+            $found = find($folks, ['handle' => $request->restore_member_handle]);
+            if ($found) {
+                if (password_verify($request->restore_member_pass, $found['password'])) {
+                    //restore blog images by importing from old site
+                    $blogImages    = json_decode($zip->getFromName('images/blog.json'), true);
+                    $blogImageFail = 0;
+                    foreach ($blogImages as $image) {
+                        $path    = explode('/', $image['path']);
+                        $year    = $path[5];
+                        $month   = $path[6];
+                        $blogDir = '../public/assets/images/blog/' . $year . '/' . $month;
+                        if (!is_dir($blogDir)) {
+                            mkdir($blogDir, 0755, true);
+                        }
+                        $externalPath = '/assets/images/blog/' . $year . '/' . $month;
+                        $image_url    = $request->restore_former_url . $externalPath . '/' . $image['file'];
+                        try {
+                            file_put_contents(
+                                $image['path'] . '/' . $image['file'],
+                                file_get_contents($image_url)
+                            );
+                        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                            $blogImageFail++;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    //restore user images by importing from old site
+                    $userImages    = json_decode($zip->getFromName('images/user.json'), true);
+                    $userImageFail = 0;
+                    foreach ($userImages as $image) {
+                        $path    = explode('/', $image['path']);
+                        $year    = $path[5];
+                        $month   = $path[6];
+                        $userDir = '../public/assets/images/user/' . $year . '/' . $month;
+                        if (!is_dir($userDir)) {
+                            mkdir($userDir, 0755, true);
+                        }
+                        $externalPath = '/assets/images/user/' . $year . '/' . $month;
+                        $image_url    = $request->restore_former_url . $externalPath . '/' . $image['file'];
+                        try {
+                            file_put_contents(
+                                $image['path'] . '/' . $image['file'],
+                                file_get_contents($image_url)
+                            );
+                        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                            $userImageFail++;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    $newFolks = [];
+                    if (!isset($found['secret'])) {
+                        $found['secret'] = self::validSecret(12);
+                    }
+                    array_push($newFolks, $found);
+                    //make temp folder and dump file in there
+                    mkdir($tempDir, 0755, true);
+                    $zip->extractTo($tempDir);
+                    //load up old config file
+                    $newConfig = json_decode(
+                        file_get_contents($tempDir . '/config/settings.json'),
+                        true
+                    );
+                    //check for key, add if not there
+                    if (!isset($newConfig['global']['externalAPI'])) {
+                        $newConfig['global']['externalAPI'] = 'false';
+                    }
+                    //make dir and write new config files
+                    if (!is_dir('../content/config/')) {
+                        mkdir('../content/config/', 0755, true);
+                    }
+                    $this->docs->writeSettings($newConfig, '../content/config/settings.json');
+                    $this->docs->writeSettings($newFolks, '../content/config/folks.json');
+                    rename($tempDir . '/config/tags.json', '../content/config/tags.json');
+                    //move saved markdown pages
+                    rename($tempDir . '/content/pages/', '../content/pages');
+                    //clean up temp dir and zip file
+                    $this->docs::deleteFolder($tempDir);
+                    $zip->close();
+                    $zipPath = '../content/' . $name;
+                    unlink($zipPath);
+                    $result = [
+                        'type'    => 'requestGood',
+                        'message' => 'Site Restored! Redirecting',
+                    ];
+                } else {
+                    $result = [
+                        'type'    => 'requestLame',
+                        'message' => 'Check that password, champ.',
+                    ];
+                }
+            } else {
+                $result = [
+                    'type'    => 'requestLame',
+                    'message' => 'Could not open backup. RATS!',
+                ];
+            }
+        };
+        return $result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/views/forms/init-restore.blade.php b/resources/views/forms/init-restore.blade.php
index 555bd14..16df2f1 100644
--- a/resources/views/forms/init-restore.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/forms/init-restore.blade.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
     </a>
 </div>
 <form id="init-restore" method="POST">
-    <input type="text" name="restore_member_handle" id="restore_member_handle" placeholder="handle"/><input type="password" name="restore_member_pass" id="restore_member_pass" placeholder="password"/>
+    <input type="text" name="restore_former_url" id="restore_former_url" placeholder="previous site url"/>
+    <input type="text" name="restore_member_handle" id="restore_member_handle" placeholder="handle"/>
+    <input type="password" name="restore_member_pass" id="restore_member_pass" placeholder="password"/>
     <div>
         <label>Grab your backup zip</label>
         <input id="backup-upload" type="file" name="backup-upload" placeholder="Backup Zip"/>
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 9ddc914..d79a31a 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ Route::put("/v1/backup/create", [SettingsAPIController::class, 'createBackup']);
 Route::get("/v1/backup/download", [SettingsAPIController::class, 'downloadBackup']);
 //init
 Route::post("/v1/init", [InitAPIController::class, 'setupFresh']);
+Route::post("/v1/restore", [InitAPIController::class, 'setupRestore']);