# Corrupt Gateway Backup? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [June 18, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/corrupt-gateway-backup/92013 "2024-06-18T12:38:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/corrupt-gateway-backup/92013/4 "2024-06-18T12:47:05Z")
You can try opening it in Kindling, but not sure if it will show you anything besides allowing you to extract the SQLite DB that has the tags in it or possibly query the DB for what it contains. > [@Kindling - a collection of tools to help with Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kindling-a-collection-of-tools-to-help-with-ignition/54689): > > Happy new year, and all that! I wanted to debut for the community something I've been working on for a little while, and hopefully it's useful to somebody out there. The full story: Long ago I worked as a support rep at IA. While there, I made some tools for internal use; Vision windows attached to an internal gateway that knew how to parse our log IDB files and thread dump files and display them in a more useful way. Recently, I had some downtime, and wanted to take on a new project, so I recr… Otherwise, I'd check logs to see if there's any error when restoring the backup. If nothing else works, reach out to support. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/corrupt-gateway-backup/92013)._