diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index ae2e284..7f4fef3 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Usage: ./backup.sh [label]
-# Creates backups/world-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM[-label].tar.gz
+# Creates backups/world-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM[-label].tar.gz and uploads it
+# as a Gitea release asset on the `origin` remote.
+#
 # If the container is running, flushes world via rcon and archives via
-# docker exec. If not, archives data/world from the host directly.
+# docker exec. Otherwise archives data/world from the host directly.
+#
+# Token is read from $GITEA_TOKEN or ~/.gitea_token. If neither is set,
+# the local archive is still created and upload is skipped.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
@@ -27,5 +32,60 @@ else
     tar -czf "${OUT}" -C data world
 fi
 
-echo "Done."
-ls -lh "${OUT}"
+echo "Archive done: $(ls -lh "${OUT}" | awk '{print $5, $9}')"
+
+# --- Upload to Gitea as a release asset ---
+
+TOKEN="${GITEA_TOKEN:-}"
+if [[ -z "$TOKEN" && -r "$HOME/.gitea_token" ]]; then
+    TOKEN="$(cat "$HOME/.gitea_token")"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$TOKEN" ]]; then
+    echo "No Gitea token (set GITEA_TOKEN or ~/.gitea_token) — skipping upload."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+URL="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)"
+SCHEME="${URL%%://*}"
+REST="${URL#*://}"; REST="${REST#*@}"        # strip any embedded userinfo
+HOSTPORT="${REST%%/*}"
+REPO_PATH="${REST#*/}"; REPO_PATH="${REPO_PATH%.git}"
+OWNER="${REPO_PATH%/*}"
+REPO="${REPO_PATH#*/}"
+API="${SCHEME}://${HOSTPORT}/api/v1"
+
+TAG="backup-${STAMP}${SUFFIX}"
+NAME="World backup ${STAMP}${LABEL:+ ($LABEL)}"
+SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+
+echo "Pushing main so the release target exists on remote..."
+git push origin main >/dev/null
+
+echo "Creating release '${TAG}' on ${OWNER}/${REPO}..."
+PAYLOAD=$(printf '{"tag_name":"%s","target_commitish":"%s","name":"%s","body":"Automated world backup"}' \
+    "$TAG" "$SHA" "$NAME")
+
+RESPONSE=$(curl -fsS -X POST \
+    -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d "$PAYLOAD" \
+    "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/releases")
+
+RELEASE_ID="${RESPONSE#*\"id\":}"
+RELEASE_ID="${RELEASE_ID%%,*}"
+
+if ! [[ "$RELEASE_ID" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    echo "Could not parse release id from response:" >&2
+    echo "$RESPONSE" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Uploading asset to release ${RELEASE_ID}..."
+curl -fsS -X POST \
+    -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+    -F "attachment=@${OUT}" \
+    "${API}/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=$(basename "${OUT}")" \
+    >/dev/null
+
+echo "Uploaded: ${SCHEME}://${HOSTPORT}/${OWNER}/${REPO}/releases/tag/${TAG}"