diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7e059bf..435a028 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.2
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.2
 	github.com/gempir/go-twitch-irc/v2 v2.5.0
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12
 	github.com/nicklaw5/helix/v2 v2.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eeaed7b..d209ef6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfb
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:YF8+flBXS5eO826T4nzqPrxfhQThhXl0YzfuUPu4SBg=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3 h1:fHPg5GQYlCeLIPB9BZqMVR5nR9A+IM5zcgeTdjMYmLA=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ github.com/google/flatbuffers v1.12.1 h1:MVlul7pQNoDzWRLTw5imwYsl+usrS1TXG2H4jg6
 github.com/google/flatbuffers v1.12.1/go.mod h1:1AeVuKshWv4vARoZatz6mlQ0JxURH0Kv5+zNeJKJCa8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-dap v0.2.0/go.mod h1:5q8aYQFnHOAZEMP+6vmq25HKYAEwE+LF5yh7JKrrhSQ=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
@@ -218,6 +222,11 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoA
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190425155659-357c62f0e4bb/go.mod h1:VzzqZJRnGkLBvHegQrXjBqPurQTc5/KpmUdxsrq26oE=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.20.1/go.mod h1:10oTOabMzJvdu6/UiuZezV6QK5dSlG84ov/aaiqXj38=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 h1:bxAC2xTBsZGibn2RTntX0oH50xLsqy1OxA9tTL3p/lk=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 h1:SnqbnDw1V7RiZcXPx5MEeqPv2s79L9i7BJUlG/+RurQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3d78228..c65ca97 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func main() {
 				imported += 1
 			}
 		}
+		_ = db.Client().Sync()
 		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 			"imported": imported,
 			"errors":   errors,
@@ -151,8 +152,9 @@ func main() {
 	if *restoreDB != "" {
 		file, err := os.Open(*restoreDB)
 		failOnError(err, "Could not open backup")
-		err = db.Client().Load(file, 16)
+		err = db.RestoreOverwrite(file)
 		failOnError(err, "Could not restore database")
+		_ = db.Client().Sync()
 		log.Info("Restored database from backup")
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/database/db.go b/modules/database/db.go
index b6dab36..3eb0dd2 100644
--- a/modules/database/db.go
+++ b/modules/database/db.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package database
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"io"
 
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/strimertul/strimertul/modules"
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3"
@@ -186,3 +190,39 @@ func (db *DB) RemoveKey(key string) error {
 		return t.Delete([]byte(key))
 	})
 }
+
+func (db *DB) RestoreOverwrite(r io.Reader) error {
+	br := bufio.NewReaderSize(r, 16<<10)
+	unmarshalBuf := make([]byte, 1<<10)
+
+	for {
+		var sz uint64
+		err := binary.Read(br, binary.LittleEndian, &sz)
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if cap(unmarshalBuf) < int(sz) {
+			unmarshalBuf = make([]byte, sz)
+		}
+
+		if _, err = io.ReadFull(br, unmarshalBuf[:sz]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		list := &pb.KVList{}
+		if err := proto.Unmarshal(unmarshalBuf[:sz], list); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, kv := range list.Kv {
+			if err := db.PutKey(string(kv.Key), kv.Value); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}