diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/backup.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/backup.ts
index fb4bcc6022..cb758536bd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/backup.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/backup.ts
@@ -5,37 +5,41 @@ import { Job } from "bull"
 import fs from "fs"
 import env from "../../../environment"
 
-export async function init() {
-  await backups.addAppBackupProcessor(async (job: Job) => {
-    const appId = job.data.appId,
-      trigger = job.data.trigger,
-      name = job.data.name
-    const tenantId = tenancy.getTenantIDFromAppID(appId)
-    await tenancy.doInTenant(tenantId, async () => {
-      const createdAt = new Date().toISOString()
-      const tarPath = await exportApp(appId, { tar: true })
-      let filename = `${appId}/backup-${createdAt}.tar.gz`
-      // add the tenant to the bucket path if backing up within a multi-tenant environment
-      if (env.MULTI_TENANCY) {
-        filename = `${tenantId}/${filename}`
-      }
-      const bucket = objectStore.ObjectStoreBuckets.BACKUPS
-      const metadata = {
-        appId,
-        createdAt,
-        trigger,
-        name,
-      }
-      await objectStore.upload({
-        path: tarPath,
-        type: "application/gzip",
-        bucket,
-        filename,
-        metadata,
-      })
-      await backups.storeAppBackupMetadata(filename, metadata)
-      // clear up the tarball after uploading it
-      fs.rmSync(tarPath)
+async function importProcessor(job: Job) {}
+
+async function exportProcessor(job: Job) {
+  const appId = job.data.appId,
+    trigger = job.data.trigger,
+    name = job.data.name
+  const tenantId = tenancy.getTenantIDFromAppID(appId)
+  await tenancy.doInTenant(tenantId, async () => {
+    const createdAt = new Date().toISOString()
+    const tarPath = await exportApp(appId, { tar: true })
+    let filename = `${appId}/backup-${createdAt}.tar.gz`
+    // add the tenant to the bucket path if backing up within a multi-tenant environment
+    if (env.MULTI_TENANCY) {
+      filename = `${tenantId}/${filename}`
+    }
+    const bucket = objectStore.ObjectStoreBuckets.BACKUPS
+    const metadata = {
+      appId,
+      createdAt,
+      trigger,
+      name,
+    }
+    await objectStore.upload({
+      path: tarPath,
+      type: "application/gzip",
+      bucket,
+      filename,
+      metadata,
     })
+    await backups.storeAppBackupMetadata(filename, metadata)
+    // clear up the tarball after uploading it
+    fs.rmSync(tarPath)
   })
 }
+
+export async function init() {
+  await backups.addAppBackupProcessors(importProcessor, exportProcessor)
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/imports.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/imports.ts
index d09c4b3f02..60ce63d51e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/imports.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/backups/imports.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { APP_PREFIX, TABLE_ROW_PREFIX } from "../../../db/utils"
+import { TABLE_ROW_PREFIX } from "../../../db/utils"
 import { budibaseTempDir } from "../../../utilities/budibaseDir"
 import {
   DB_EXPORT_FILE,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/backup.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/backup.ts
index 5fb602860e..28e927c772 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/backup.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/backup.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ export enum AppBackupTrigger {
   SCHEDULED = "scheduled",
 }
 
+export enum AppBackupEventType {
+  EXPORT = "export",
+  IMPORT = "import",
+}
+
 export interface AppBackup extends Document {
   trigger: AppBackupTrigger
   name: string
@@ -31,12 +36,22 @@ export type AppBackupFetchOpts = {
 }
 
 export interface AppBackupQueueData {
-  trigger: AppBackupTrigger
-  createdBy?: string
-  name?: string
+  eventType: AppBackupEventType
   appId: string
+  export?: {
+    trigger: AppBackupTrigger
+    name?: string
+    createdBy?: string
+  }
+  import?: {
+    backupId: string
+  }
 }
 
-export interface AppBackupMetadata extends AppBackupQueueData {
+export interface AppBackupMetadata {
+  appId: string
+  trigger: AppBackupTrigger
+  name?: string
+  createdBy?: string
   createdAt: string
 }