diff --git a/bin/backup b/bin/backup
index 012945d..aa378ca 100755
--- a/bin/backup
+++ b/bin/backup
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ function _main() {
   tmp_dir="$(create-tmp-dir)"
   echo "Using temp directory: $tmp_dir"
 
+  ## Stop docker services
+  echo "Stopping docker-compose services..."
+  "$TOOLKIT_ROOT/bin/docker-compose" stop 2>/dev/null
+
   ## Dump mongo
   echo "Dumping mongo..."
   dump-mongo "$tmp_dir"
@@ -159,6 +163,10 @@ function _main() {
   echo "Removing temp files..."
   rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
 
+  ## Stop docker services
+  echo "Stopping docker-compose services..."
+  "$TOOLKIT_ROOT/bin/docker-compose" stop 2>/dev/null
+
   echo "Done"
   exit 0
 }