diff --git a/brain/api/v1/backup.js b/brain/api/v1/backup.js
index b3d857c..4f92bb5 100644
--- a/brain/api/v1/backup.js
+++ b/brain/api/v1/backup.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const auth = new Auth();
 const utils = new Utils();
 
 var backup_upload = multer().array('backup_upload');
+var backup_restore = multer().any();
 
 /***
     CREATE BACK UP
@@ -87,4 +88,20 @@ router.post('/restore', backup_upload, (req, res) => {
 		});
 });
 
+router.post('/init-restore', backup_restore, (req, res) => {
+	utils
+		.verifyBackup(req.files[0], req.body)
+		.then(response => {
+			res.json({
+				type: response.type,
+				message: response.message
+			});
+		})
+		.catch(err => {
+			res.json({
+				type: err.type,
+				message: err.message
+			});
+		});
+});
 module.exports = router;
diff --git a/brain/data/Auth.js b/brain/data/Auth.js
index cb734f7..8d4d282 100644
--- a/brain/data/Auth.js
+++ b/brain/data/Auth.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as DataEvent from '../../src/com/events/DataEvent';
 const bCrypt = require('bcrypt');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
 export default class Auth {
 	//--------------------------
@@ -64,6 +65,32 @@ export default class Auth {
 		});
 	}
 
+	verifyCredentials(config, credentials) {
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			var found = _.find(config, { handle: credentials.handle });
+			var response;
+			if (found) {
+				if (!this.isValidPassword(found, credentials.pass)) {
+					response = {
+						type: DataEvent.REQUEST_LAME,
+						message: 'CHECK YOUR PASSWORD'
+					};
+					reject(response);
+				}
+
+				response = { type: DataEvent.REQUEST_GOOD, message: 'Backup Verified. Restoring' };
+				resolve(response);
+			} else {
+				response = { type: DataEvent.REQUEST_LAME, message: 'Handle not found, boss' };
+				reject(response);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	isValidPassword(user, password) {
+		return bCrypt.compareSync(password, user.password);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Checks to make sure received token matches
 	 * @parameter token: created token
diff --git a/brain/data/Utils.js b/brain/data/Utils.js
index 962ea6f..39f2742 100644
--- a/brain/data/Utils.js
+++ b/brain/data/Utils.js
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import Settings, { SETTINGS_FILE } from './Settings';
 import Render from './Render';
 import StringUtils from '../../src/com/utils/StringUtils';
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import Auth from '../data/Auth';
+import DataEvent from '../../src/com/events/DataEvent';
 const settings = new Settings();
 const render = new Render();
 const stringUtils = new StringUtils();
 const moment = require('moment');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const AdmZip = require('adm-zip');
+const auth = new Auth();
 
 export default class Utils {
 	constructor() {}
@@ -157,39 +160,87 @@ export default class Utils {
 	}
 
 	restoreBackup(file) {
-		//var response;
+		var response;
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			var zip = new AdmZip(file.buffer);
-			zip.extractEntryTo('settings/settings.json', 'site', false, true);
-			zip.extractEntryTo('settings/folks.json', 'site', false, true);
-			zip.extractEntryTo('settings/tags.json', 'site', false, true);
-			zip.getEntries().forEach(function (entry) {
-				var entryName = entry.entryName;
-				var list = entryName.split('/');
-				if (list[0] === 'public') {
-					if (list[6]) {
-						zip.extractEntryTo(
-							entryName,
-							'public/assets/images/blog/' + list[4] + '/' + list[5],
-							false,
-							true
-						);
+			try {
+				zip.extractEntryTo('settings/settings.json', 'site', false, true);
+				zip.extractEntryTo('settings/folks.json', 'site', false, true);
+				zip.extractEntryTo('settings/tags.json', 'site', false, true);
+				zip.getEntries().forEach(function (entry) {
+					var entryName = entry.entryName;
+					var list = entryName.split('/');
+					if (list[0] === 'public') {
+						if (list[6]) {
+							zip.extractEntryTo(
+								entryName,
+								'public/assets/images/blog/' + list[4] + '/' + list[5],
+								false,
+								true
+							);
+						}
 					}
-				}
-				if (list[0] === 'content') {
-					if (list[4]) {
-						zip.extractEntryTo(
-							entryName,
-							'content/pages/' + list[2] + '/' + list[3],
-							false,
-							true
-						);
+					if (list[0] === 'content') {
+						if (list[4]) {
+							zip.extractEntryTo(
+								entryName,
+								'content/pages/' + list[2] + '/' + list[3],
+								false,
+								true
+							);
+						}
+						zip.extractEntryTo('content/pages/index.md', 'content/pages', false, true);
 					}
-					zip.extractEntryTo('content/pages/index.md', 'content/pages', false, true);
-				}
-			});
+				});
 
-			resolve();
+				resolve();
+			} catch (error) {
+				response = {
+					type: error,
+					message: 'ERROR READING BACKUP'
+				};
+				reject(response);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	verifyBackup(file, body) {
+		var response;
+		var zip = new AdmZip(file.buffer);
+		var credentials = { handle: body.restore_member_handle, pass: body.restore_member_pass };
+		var self = this;
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			try {
+				let folks = JSON.parse(zip.readAsText('settings/folks.json'));
+				auth.verifyCredentials(folks, credentials)
+					.then(r => {
+						//resolve(r);
+						self.restoreBackup(file)
+							.then(() => {
+								response = {
+									type: '',
+									message: 'RESTORE COMPLETE'
+								};
+								resolve(response);
+							})
+							.catch(err => {
+								response = {
+									type: 'error',
+									message: 'ERROR RESTORING BACKUP'
+								};
+							});
+					})
+					.catch(err => {
+						reject(err);
+					});
+			} catch (error) {
+				response = {
+					type: 'error',
+					message: 'ERROR READING BACKUP FILE'
+				};
+
+				reject(response);
+			}
 		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/brain/views/init.pug b/brain/views/init.pug
index 9dd7189..02fe5a1 100644
--- a/brain/views/init.pug
+++ b/brain/views/init.pug
@@ -2,30 +2,52 @@ extends frame
 block main-content           
       #dash-index
         #dash-index-wrapper
-            .dash-init#dash-init
-              br
-              form#init-form
-                h1 What up.
-                p Just fill these in and it'll get you started.
-                label What's your handle?
-                br
-                input.large(type='text', name='new_member_handle' id='new_member_handle', placeholder="What\'s your handle?")
-                br
-                label Let's get that email
-                br
-                input.large(type='text', name='new_member_email' id='new_member_email', placeholder="Email Please")
-                br
-                label Let's get a password
-                br
-                input.large(type='password', name='new_member_pass' id='new_member_pass', placeholder="Password Please")
-                br
-                label And let's confirm that password
-                br
-                input.large(type='password', name='new_member_pass2' id='new_member_pass2', placeholder="Email Confirm")
-                br
-                label And finally, a title
-                br
-                input.large(type='text', name='new_member_title' id='new_member_title', placeholder="Site Title Please")
-                br
-                button#init-blog(data-action='blog-init' type='submit') SET IT UP
+          .dash-init#dash-init
+            br
+            form#init-form
+              h1 What up.
+              p Just fill these in and it'll get you started.
+              label What's your handle?
+              br
+              input.large(type='text', name='new_member_handle' id='new_member_handle', placeholder="What\'s your handle?")
+              br
+              label Let's get that email
+              br
+              input.large(type='text', name='new_member_email' id='new_member_email', placeholder="Email Please")
+              br
+              label Let's get a password
+              br
+              input.large(type='password', name='new_member_pass' id='new_member_pass', placeholder="Password Please")
+              br
+              label And let's confirm that password
+              br
+              input.large(type='password', name='new_member_pass2' id='new_member_pass2', placeholder="Email Confirm")
+              br
+              label And finally, a title
+              br
+              input.large(type='text', name='new_member_title' id='new_member_title', placeholder="Site Title Please")
+              br
+              button#init-blog(data-action='blog-init' type='submit') SET IT UP
+            .option
+              button.init-option#init-switch-restore OR RESTORE FROM BACKUP
+          
+          .dash-restore#dash-restore
+            form#init-restore
+              h1 Restore backup.
+              p Let's verify your backup
+              label What's your handle?
+              br
+              input.large(type='text', name='restore_member_handle' id='restore_member_handle', placeholder="What\'s your handle?")
+              br
+              label Let's get a password
+              br
+              input.large(type='password', name='restore_member_pass' id='restore_member_pass', placeholder="Password Please")
+              br
+              label Backup File
+              br
+              input(id="backup-upload" type="file" name="backup-upload")
+              br
+              button#blog-restore(data-action='blog-restore' type='submit') RESTORE
+            .option
+              button.init-option#init-switch-fresh OR INSTALL FRESH SITE
       
diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
index e040ec7..7f7bc94 100644
--- a/init.js
+++ b/init.js
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@
 var app = require('./brain/app');
 var debug = require('debug')('fipamo:server');
 var http = require('http');
-var config = require('./site/settings.json');
 
 /**
  * Get port from environment and store in Express.
  */
 
-var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || config.global.port);
+try {
+	var configPort = require('./site/settings.json').global.port;
+} catch (err) {
+	console.log('settings.json not found, assuming this is a first run...');
+}
+
+var port = normalizePort(configPort || process.env.PORT || 2314);
 app.set('port', port);
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/com/Base.js b/src/com/Base.js
index 312e208..4c47011 100644
--- a/src/com/Base.js
+++ b/src/com/Base.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import FipamoApi from '../libraries/FipamoAPI';
+import FipamoAdminAPI from '../libraries/FipamoAdminAPI';
 import DataUitls from './utils/DataUtils';
 import * as DataEvent from './events/DataEvent';
 import DashManager from './controllers/DashManager';
 import Notfications from './ui/Notifications';
 
 const api = new FipamoApi();
+const admin = new FipamoAdminAPI();
 const data = new DataUitls();
 const notify = new Notfications();
 
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ export default class Base {
 	//--------------------------
 	start() {
 		if (document.getElementById('dash-form') || document.getElementById('dash-init')) {
+			var options = document.getElementsByClassName('init-option');
+			for (let index = 0; index < options.length; index++) {
+				options[index].addEventListener('click', e => this.handleOptions(e));
+			}
 			if (document.getElementById('dash-form')) {
 				document
 					.getElementById('login-btn')
@@ -29,6 +35,9 @@ export default class Base {
 				document
 					.getElementById('init-blog')
 					.addEventListener('click', e => this.handleSetup(e));
+				document
+					.getElementById('blog-restore')
+					.addEventListener('click', e => this.handleRestore(e));
 			}
 		} else {
 			new DashManager();
@@ -76,4 +85,43 @@ export default class Base {
 				notify.alert(err, false);
 			});
 	}
+	handleRestore(e) {
+		e.stopPropagation();
+		e.preventDefault();
+		var form = document.getElementById('init-restore');
+		admin
+			.handleInitRestore(form)
+			.then(response => {
+				if (response.type === DataEvent.REQUEST_LAME) {
+					notify.alert(response.message, false);
+				} else {
+					notify.alert(response.message, true);
+					setTimeout(() => {
+						//window.location = '/@/dashboard';
+					}, 700);
+				}
+			})
+			.catch(err => {
+				notify.alert(err, false);
+			});
+	}
+	handleOptions(e) {
+		e.stopPropagation();
+		e.preventDefault();
+		let init = document.getElementById('dash-init');
+		let restore = document.getElementById('dash-restore');
+		if (e.target.id === 'init-switch-restore') {
+			init.style.display = 'none';
+			init.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+
+			restore.style.display = 'block';
+			restore.style.visibility = 'visible';
+		} else {
+			init.style.display = 'block';
+			init.style.visibility = 'visible';
+
+			restore.style.display = 'none';
+			restore.style.visibility = 'hidden';
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/libraries/FipamoAdminAPI.js b/src/libraries/FipamoAdminAPI.js
index 694fd36..7436dec 100644
--- a/src/libraries/FipamoAdminAPI.js
+++ b/src/libraries/FipamoAdminAPI.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const API_NAV_SYNC = '/api/v1/settings/nav-sync';
 export const API_CREATE_BACKUP = '/api/v1/backup/create';
 export const API_DOWNLOAD_BACKUP = '/api/v1/backup/download';
 export const API_RESTORE_BACKUP = '/api/v1/backup/restore';
+export const API_INIT_RESTORE_BACKUP = '/api/v1/backup/init-restore';
 export const API_SEND_MAIL = '/api/v1/mailer';
 import * as DataEvent from '../com/events/DataEvent';
 export default class APIUtils {
@@ -225,6 +226,24 @@ export default class APIUtils {
 				});
 		});
 	}
+	handleInitRestore(form) {
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			var url, event, method, type, data;
+
+			url = API_INIT_RESTORE_BACKUP;
+			event = DataEvent.API_BACKUP_RESTORE;
+			method = REQUEST_TYPE_POST;
+			type = CONTENT_TYPE_FORM;
+			data = new FormData(form);
+			this._request(url, event, method, type, data)
+				.then(result => {
+					resolve(result);
+				})
+				.catch(err => {
+					reject(err);
+				});
+		});
+	}
 	//--------------------------
 	// private
 	//--------------------------
diff --git a/src/styles/main/_index.styl b/src/styles/main/_index.styl
index e3d6543..03d905f 100644
--- a/src/styles/main/_index.styl
+++ b/src/styles/main/_index.styl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       height 100%
       margin 0 auto
 
-      .dash-init
+      .dash-init, .dash-restore
         width 100%
         max-width 900px
         margin 0 auto
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
             width 120px
             margin 0 auto
             display block
+      .dash-restore
+          display: none;
+          visibility hidden;
 
       #dash-login
         width 100%