diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0216fdd..a8c1143 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
 /public/bundles/
 /var/
 /vendor/
-###< symfony/framework-bundle ###
-
-*_backup.sql
+###< symfony/framework-bundle ###
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Console/BackupDatabaseCommand.php b/src/Console/BackupDatabaseCommand.php
index 3471b22..cfcff4f 100644
--- a/src/Console/BackupDatabaseCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/BackupDatabaseCommand.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console;
 
 use App\Service\BackupService;
 use App\Service\DatabaseService;
+use App\Service\Folders;
 use App\Service\Traits\SelectDatabaseQuestion;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ class BackupDatabaseCommand extends Command
     public function __construct(
         private readonly BackupService   $bs,
         private readonly DatabaseService $db,
+        private readonly Folders         $folders,
     )
     {
         parent::__construct();
@@ -35,7 +37,13 @@ class BackupDatabaseCommand extends Command
         $db = $this->getDatabaseName($input, $output);
         $fileName = $input->getArgument('file');
 
-        $backupName = $this->bs->backup($db, $fileName);
+        if (!$fileName) {
+            $date = date('y_m_d_H_i');
+            $fileName = sprintf('%s_%s_backup.sql', $db, $date);
+        }
+
+        $output->writeln(sprintf('Start backup of %s to %s', $db, $fileName));;
+        $backupName = $this->bs->backup($db, $this->folders->getBackupFolder() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName);
         $output->writeln(sprintf('Backup written to: %s', $backupName));
 
         return Command::SUCCESS;
diff --git a/src/Console/RestoreDatabaseCommand.php b/src/Console/RestoreDatabaseCommand.php
index a9ceac3..227f885 100644
--- a/src/Console/RestoreDatabaseCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/RestoreDatabaseCommand.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console;
 
 use App\Service\BackupService;
 use App\Service\DatabaseService;
+use App\Service\Folders;
 use App\Service\Traits\SelectDatabaseQuestion;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class RestoreDatabaseCommand extends Command
     public function __construct(
         private readonly DatabaseService $db,
         private readonly BackupService   $bs,
+        private readonly Folders         $folders,
     )
     {
         parent::__construct();
@@ -36,25 +38,27 @@ class RestoreDatabaseCommand extends Command
     {
         $db = $this->getDatabaseName($input, $output);
         $fileName = $input->getArgument('file');
-        if (!$fileName){
-            $fileName = $this->getFileName($input, $output);
+        if (!$fileName) {
+            $fileName = $this->getBackupFileName($input, $output, $db);
         }
 
-        $this->bs->restore($db, $fileName);
+        $output->writeln(sprintf('Start restore of %s from %s', $db, $fileName));;
+        $this->bs->restore($db, $this->folders->getBackupFolder() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName);
+        $output->writeln(sprintf('Restored from: %s', $fileName));
 
         return Command::SUCCESS;
     }
 
-    private function getFileName(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): string
+    private function getBackupFileName(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output, string $db): string
     {
         $finder = new Finder();
-        $finder->in(__DIR__ . '/../..');
+        $finder->in($this->folders->getBackupFolder());
         $files = [];
-        foreach ($finder->files()->name('*_backup.sql') as $file) {
+        foreach ($finder->files()->name(sprintf('%s_*_backup.sql', $db)) as $file) {
             $files[] = $file->getFilename();
         }
-        sort($files);
-        $selectQuestion = new ChoiceQuestion('Backup name (*_backup.sql): ', $files);
+        rsort($files);
+        $selectQuestion = new ChoiceQuestion(sprintf('Backup name (%s_*_backup.sql)', $db), $files, 0);
         $question = $this->getHelper('question');
         return $question->ask($input, $output, $selectQuestion);
     }
diff --git a/src/Service/BackupService.php b/src/Service/BackupService.php
index 1e4de21..db681de 100644
--- a/src/Service/BackupService.php
+++ b/src/Service/BackupService.php
@@ -10,16 +10,11 @@ readonly class BackupService
     private const COMMAND_DB = 'mariadb';
 
     public function __construct(
-        private DatabaseCredentials $credentials
+        private DatabaseCredentials $credentials,
     ) {}
 
-    public function backup(string $db, ?string $fileName = null): string
+    public function backup(string $db, string $fileName): string
     {
-        if (!$fileName) {
-            $date = date('y_m_d_H_i');
-            $fileName = sprintf('%s_%s_backup.sql', $db, $date);
-        }
-
         $process = new Process([
             self::COMMAND_DUMP,
             '-u', $this->credentials->user,
diff --git a/src/Service/Folders.php b/src/Service/Folders.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7502766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/Folders.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Service;
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Attribute\Autowire;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\EnvVarLoaderInterface;
+
+readonly class Folders
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        #[Autowire('%kernel.project_dir%')] private string $projectRoot
+    ) {}
+
+    private function getVarFolder(): string
+    {
+        return $this->projectRoot . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'var';
+    }
+
+    public function getBackupFolder(): string
+    {
+        return $this->get('backup');
+    }
+
+    private function get(string $name): string
+    {
+        $folder = $this->getVarFolder() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $name;
+        if (!is_dir($folder)) {
+            mkdir($folder, 0777, true);
+        }
+        return $folder;
+    }
+}
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