diff --git a/app/backups.go b/app/backups.go
index 6b2db64..86f4e52 100644
--- a/app/backups.go
+++ b/app/backups.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package app
 import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ func NewBackups() *Backups {
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		// XXX: for some reason this gets fucked up with timezones???
 		list = append(list, humanize.Time(timestamp.Local()))
 	}
 
@@ -71,6 +74,8 @@ func (backups *Backups) Event(state *ui.State, event vaxis.Event) (processed boo
 }
 
 func (backups *Backups) Draw(state *ui.State) {
+	exec.Command("tar", "-C", ttbp.PathUserEntries, "-xf", path.Join(ttbp.PathUserBackups, backups.backups[backups.list.Index()].Name()), "--strip-components=1", "--skip-old-files").Run()
+
 	win := state.Window()
 	win.New(win.Width/2-10, win.Height/2-8, 20, 5).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: backups.title})
 	win.New(win.Width/2-13, win.Height/2-2, 26, 1).Print(vaxis.Segment{Text: backups.description})