diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
index 043d4662..8e137a57 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Startup.cs
@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ namespace AyaNova
             _newLog.LogDebug("Global settings");
             ServerGlobalBizSettings.Initialize(null, dbContext);
 
+            _newLog.LogDebug("Ops settings");
+            ServerGlobalOpsSettings.Initialize(null, dbContext);
+
             //Ensure translations are present, not missing any keys and that there is a server default translation that exists          
             TranslationBiz lb = new TranslationBiz(dbContext, 1, ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_ID, AuthorizationRoles.OpsAdminFull);
             lb.ValidateTranslationsAsync().Wait();
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsSettings.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsSettings.cs
index db9eff16..e382fee0 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsSettings.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalOpsSettings.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
 namespace AyaNova.Models
 {
 
@@ -8,15 +7,18 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         public long Id { get; set; }//this is always 1 as there is only ever one single global Ops object
         public uint Concurrency { get; set; }
 
-        //Global settings
-        //Picklist and other searches override the normal case insensitive value
-        //this is precautionarily added for non latinate languages where it could be an issue
-        public bool SearchCaseSensitiveOnly {get;set;}
+        public DateTime BackupTime { get; set; }
+        public DateTime LastBackup { get; set; }
+        public int BackupSetsToKeep { get; set; }
+        public bool BackupAttachments { get; set; }
 
         public GlobalOpsSettings()
-        {         
-            Id=1;//always 1  
-            SearchCaseSensitiveOnly = false;           
+        {
+            Id = 1;//always 1  
+            BackupTime = new DateTime(2020, 5, 19, 23, 59, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);//date doesn't matter it only uses hour
+            LastBackup = DateTime.MinValue;
+            BackupSetsToKeep = 3;
+
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index bb5de7d4..b809d221 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aglobalbizsettings (id integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, " +
                "searchcasesensitiveonly bool default false)");
 
+                //create global ops settings table
+                await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aglobalopssettings (id integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, " +
+               "backuptime timestamp, lastbackup timestamp, backupsetstokeep int, backupattachments bool)");
+
                 //create aevent biz event log table
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aevent (id BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, created timestamp not null, userid bigint not null," +
                 "ayid bigint not null, ayatype integer not null, ayevent integer not null, textra varchar(255))");