diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea9feb268..207de5798 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
     "weblate-merge": "git remote update weblate-github; git merge weblate-github/weblate-mapcomplete-core weblate-github/weblate-mapcomplete-layers weblate-github/weblate-mapcomplete-layer-translations",
     "weblate-fix-heavy": "git fetch weblate-hosted-layers; git fetch weblate-hosted-core; git merge weblate-hosted-layers/master weblate-hosted-core/master ",
     "housekeeping": "git pull && npx update-browserslist-db@latest && npm run weblate-fix-heavy && npm run generate && npm run generate:docs && npm run generate:contributor-list && vite-node scripts/fetchLanguages.ts && npm run format && git add assets/ langs/ Docs/ **/*.ts Docs/* src/* && git commit -m 'chore: automated housekeeping...'",
-    "reuse-compliance": "reuse lint"
+    "reuse-compliance": "reuse lint",
+    "backup:images": "vite-node scripts/generateImageAnalysis.ts -- ~/data/imgur-image-backup/"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "OpenStreetMap",
diff --git a/scripts/generateImageAnalysis.ts b/scripts/generateImageAnalysis.ts
index 87f876d52..b83f08c6b 100644
--- a/scripts/generateImageAnalysis.ts
+++ b/scripts/generateImageAnalysis.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ export default class GenerateImageAnalysis extends Script {
         args = args.filter((a) => a !== "--cached")
         const datapath = args[1] ?? "../../git/MapComplete-data/ImageLicenseInfo"
         const imageBackupPath = args[0]
+        if(imageBackupPath === "" || imageBackupPath === undefined){
+            throw "No imageBackup path specified"
+        }
         await this.downloadData(datapath, cached)
 
         // await this.downloadViews(datapath)