diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bbf0dccbc..a64ccf347 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
+NOW := $(shell date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOG     := $(shell scripts/getconf STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOG)
+STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOGHTML := $(shell scripts/getconf STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOGHTML)
+STORAGE_PATH_TORRENT    := $(shell scripts/getconf STORAGE_PATH_TORRENT)
+
 .SILENT: help
 .PHONY: help
 help:
 	echo '  help               - output this message'
 	echo '  build-css          - build the CSS'
+	echo '  dump-all           - create tarballs of the following:'
+	echo '  dump-riplog        - create a tarball of the rip logs'
+	echo '  dump-riploghtml    - create a tarball of the HTMLified rip logs'
+	echo '  dump-torrent       - create a tarball of the rip logs'
 	echo '  lint-css           - lint (style check) the CSS'
 	echo '  mysqldump          - dump mysql database from docker to db/data/gazelle.sql'
 	echo '  ocelot-reload-conf - signal Ocelot to reload its configuration'
@@ -17,6 +26,21 @@ help:
 build-css:
 	yarn build:scss
 
+.PHONY: dump-all
+dump-all: dump-riplog dump-riploghtml dump-torrent
+
+.PHONY: dump-riplog
+dump-riplog:
+	tar -C "$(STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOG)/.." -jcf riplog.$(NOW).tar.bz2 "$$(basename $(STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOG))"
+
+.PHONY: dump-riploghtml
+dump-riploghtml:
+	tar -C "$(STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOGHTML)/.." -jcf riploghtml.$(NOW).tar.bz2 "$$(basename $(STORAGE_PATH_RIPLOGHTML))"
+
+.PHONY: dump-torrent
+dump-torrent:
+	tar -C "$(STORAGE_PATH_TORRENT)/.." -jcf torrent.$(NOW).tar.bz2 "$$(basename $(STORAGE_PATH_TORRENT))"
+
 .PHONY: lint-css
 lint-css:
 	yarn lint:css
diff --git a/scripts/getconf b/scripts/getconf
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4113a376f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/getconf
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * A command-line tool to expose configuration values
+ * Switches:
+ *  -j encode the output as JSON (useful for arrays)
+ *
+ * usage:
+ *  getconf SQLPASS
+ *    (prints the db password)
+ *
+ *  getconf -j RANKING_WEIGHT
+ *    try it :)
+ */
+
+require_once(__DIR__ . '/../classes/config.php');
+
+array_shift($argv);
+$multi = count($argv) > 1;
+$json = false;
+
+foreach ($argv as $arg) {
+    switch($arg) {
+        case '-j':
+            $json = !$json;
+            break;
+        default:
+            $value = get_defined_constants()[$arg];
+            if ($json) {
+                echo json_encode($multi ? [$arg => $value] : $value), "\n";
+            } else {
+                echo ($multi ? "$arg: $value" : $value), "\n";
+            }
+    }
+}