diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
index e9d15198b2..1cda09c20e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
 use League\Csv\Reader;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\Exception\FileException;
+use Artisan;
 
 class ImportController extends Controller
 {
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
     public function process(ItemImportRequest $request, $import_id)
     {
         $this->authorize('create', Asset::class);
+        // Run a backup immediately before processing
+        Artisan::call('backup:run');
         $errors = $request->import(Import::find($import_id));
         $redirectTo = "hardware.index";
         switch ($request->get('import-type')) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
index 686c283b1a..672c5488fe 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
@@ -995,6 +995,8 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
     {
         if (!config('app.lock_passwords')) {
             if (Input::get('confirm_purge')=='DELETE') {
+                // Run a backup immediately before processing
+                Artisan::call('backup:run');
                 Artisan::call('snipeit:purge', ['--force'=>'true','--no-interaction'=>true]);
                 $output = Artisan::output();
                 return view('settings/purge')