diff --git a/borg.backup.functions.init.sh b/borg.backup.functions.init.sh
index 5426fba..927b66f 100644
--- a/borg.backup.functions.init.sh
+++ b/borg.backup.functions.init.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ PRINTF_INFO_STRING="%-23s: %s\n";
 PRINTF_MASTER_BLOCK="=== [%-8s: %19s] ==[%s]====================================>\n";
 PRINTF_SUB_BLOCK="|-- [%-8s: %19s] --[%s]------------------------------------>\n";
 PRINTF_SUBEXT_BLOCK="|-- [%-8s: %s: %19s] --[%s]------------------------------------>\n";
-PRINTF_DB_SUB_BLOCK=">>- [%-8s: %s] =======================[%s]====================================>\n";
+PRINTF_DB_SUB_BLOCK=">>- [%-8s: %s] ==[%s]=======================>\n";
+PRINTF_DB_RUN_TIME_SUB_BLOCK=">>- [%-8s: %s] ==[%s]==[Run time: %s:]=======================>\n";
 # opt flags
 OPT_VERBOSE="";
 OPT_PROGRESS="";
diff --git a/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default b/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default
index 8a2f098..079b869 100644
--- a/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default
+++ b/borg.backup.gitea.settings-default
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 # rename to borg.backup.gitea.settings to use
 
-# override settings in borg.backup.settings with SUB_ prefix
-# valid for BACKUP_FILE, BACKUP_SET, COMPRESSION*, KEEP_*
-
 GIT_USER="";
-GITEA_TMP="";
+GITEA_WORKING_DIR="";
+GITEA_TEMP_DIR="";
 GITEA_BIN="";
 GITEA_CONFIG="";
diff --git a/borg.backup.gitea.sh b/borg.backup.gitea.sh
index bca7bbe..49ff567 100755
--- a/borg.backup.gitea.sh
+++ b/borg.backup.gitea.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ if [ -z "${GIT_USER}" ]; then
 	GIT_USER="git";
 fi;
 # set GITEA_* if not set
-if [ -z "${GITEA_TMP}" ]; then
+if [ -z "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}" ]; then
 	# run gitea backup (user mktemp?)
-	GITEA_TMP="/tmp/gitea/";
+	GITEA_WORKING_DIR="/var/tmp/gitea/";
+fi;
+# general temp folder for temporary data storage, this is not working output folder
+if [ -z "${GITEA_TEMP_DIR}"]; then
+	GITEA_TEMP_DIR="/var/tmp";
 fi;
 if [ -z "${GITEA_BIN}" ]; then
 	GITEA_BIN="/usr/local/bin/gitea";
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ fi;
 if [ -z "${GITEA_CONFIG}" ]; then
 	GITEA_CONFIG="/etc/gitea/app.ini"
 fi;
+# This one is not advertised in the config file as it is not recommended to change
+if [ -z "${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE}" ]; then
+	GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE="zip";
+fi;
 if [ ! -f "${GITEA_BIN}" ]; then
 	echo "[! $(date +'%F %T')] Cannot find gitea binary";
 	. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.close.sh" 1;
@@ -49,6 +57,16 @@ if [ ! -f "${GITEA_CONFIG}" ]; then
 	. "${DIR}/borg.backup.functions.close.sh" 1;
 	exit 1;
 fi;
+# some basic checks with abort
+if [ ! -d "${GITEA_TEMP_DIR}" ]; then
+	echo "Temp directory does not exist: ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR}";
+	exit;
+fi;
+# we should check GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE too at some point for an allow list
+# At the moment warn if not zip
+if [ "${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE}" != "zip" ]; then
+	echo "[!!!!] The gitea export type has been changed from 'zip' to '${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE}'. This can either break or make exports take very ling";
+fi;
 # Filename
 FILENAME="gitea.backup.zip";
 # backup set and prefix
@@ -60,7 +78,7 @@ BORG_CALL=$(echo "${_BORG_CALL}" | sed -e "s/##FILENAME##/${FILENAME}/" | sed -e
 BORG_PRUNE=$(echo "${_BORG_PRUNE}" | sed -e "s/##BACKUP_SET_PREFIX##/${BACKUP_SET_PREFIX}/");
 printf "${PRINTF_SUB_BLOCK}" "BACKUP: git data and database" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
 if [ ${DEBUG} -eq 1 ] || [ ${DRYRUN} -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "sudo -u ${GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_TMP} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL}";
+	echo "sudo -u ${GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_WORKING_DIR} -t ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR} --type ${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL}";
 	if [ -z "${ONE_TIME_TAG}" ]; then
 		echo "${BORG_PRUNE}";
 	fi;
@@ -70,13 +88,13 @@ if [ ${DRYRUN} -eq 0 ]; then
 		# below was an old workaround
 		#export USER="${LOGNAME}" # workaround for broken gitea EUID check
 		# make sure temp folder is there and is set as git. user
-		if [ ! -d "${GITEA_TMP}" ]; then
-			mkdir -p "${GITEA_TMP}";
+		if [ ! -d "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}" ]; then
+			mkdir -p "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}";
 		fi;
-		chown -R ${GIT_USER}. "${GITEA_TMP}";
+		chown -R ${GIT_USER}. "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}";
 		# this needs to be run in a folder that can be stat by git user
-		cd "${GITEA_TMP}";
-		sudo -u ${GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_TMP} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL};
+		cd "${GITEA_WORKING_DIR}";
+		sudo -u ${GIT_USER} ${GITEA_BIN} dump -c ${GITEA_CONFIG} -w ${GITEA_WORKING_DIR} -t ${GITEA_TEMP_DIR} --type ${GITEA_EXPORT_TYPE} -L -f - | ${BORG_CALL};
 	) 2>&1 | sed 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]\{1,\}[A-Za-z]//g' # remove all ESC strings
 fi;
 if [ -z "${ONE_TIME_TAG}" ]; then
diff --git a/borg.backup.mysql.sh b/borg.backup.mysql.sh
index 7ab272b..61891ec 100755
--- a/borg.backup.mysql.sh
+++ b/borg.backup.mysql.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${DATABASE_FULL_DUMP}" ]; then
 		SCHEMA_ONLY='--no-data';
 		schema_flag='schema';
 	fi;
+	LOCAL_START=$(date +'%s');
 	printf "${PRINTF_SUBEXT_BLOCK}" "BACKUP" "all databases" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
 	# We only do a full backup and not per table backup here
 	# Filename
@@ -124,9 +125,12 @@ if [ ! -z "${DATABASE_FULL_DUMP}" ]; then
 		echo "Prune repository with keep${KEEP_INFO:1}";
 		${BORG_PRUNE};
 	fi;
+	DURATION=$[ $(date +'%s')-$LOCAL_START ];
+	printf "${PRINTF_DB_RUN_TIME_SUB_BLOCK}" "DONE" "databases" "${MODULE}" "$(convert_time ${DURATION})";
 else
 	${MYSQL_CMD} ${MYSQL_DB_CONFIG_PARAM} -B -N -e "show databases" |
 	while read db; do
+		LOCAL_START=$(date +'%s');
 		printf "${PRINTF_DB_SUB_BLOCK}" "DB" "${db}" "${MODULE}";
 		printf "${PRINTF_SUBEXT_BLOCK}" "BACKUP" "${db}" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
 		# exclude checks
@@ -213,6 +217,8 @@ else
 		else
 			echo "- [E] ${db}";
 		fi;
+		DURATION=$[ $(date +'%s')-$LOCAL_START ];
+		printf "${PRINTF_DB_RUN_TIME_SUB_BLOCK}" "DONE" "${db}" "${MODULE}" "$(convert_time ${DURATION})";
 	done;
 fi;
 # run compact at the end if not a dry run
diff --git a/borg.backup.pgsql.sh b/borg.backup.pgsql.sh
index deb5480..1fa4524 100755
--- a/borg.backup.pgsql.sh
+++ b/borg.backup.pgsql.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${DATABASE_FULL_DUMP}" ]; then
 		SCHEMA_ONLY='-s';
 		schema_flag='schema';
 	fi;
+	LOCAL_START=$(date +'%s');
 	printf "${PRINTF_SUBEXT_BLOCK}" "BACKUP" "all databases" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
 	# Filename
 	FILENAME-"all.${DB_USER}.NONE.${schema_flag}-${DB_VERSION}_${DB_HOST}_${DB_PORT}.c.sql"
@@ -132,10 +133,13 @@ if [ ! -z "${DATABASE_FULL_DUMP}" ]; then
 		echo "Prune repository with keep${KEEP_INFO:1}";
 		${BORG_PRUNE};
 	fi;
+	DURATION=$[ $(date +'%s')-$LOCAL_START ];
+	printf "${PRINTF_DB_RUN_TIME_SUB_BLOCK}" "DONE" "databases" "${MODULE}" "$(convert_time ${DURATION})";
 else
 	# dump globals first
 	db="pg_globals";
 	schema_flag="data";
+	LOCAL_START=$(date +'%s');
 	printf "${PRINTF_SUBEXT_BLOCK}" "BACKUP" "${db}" "$(date +'%F %T')" "${MODULE}";
 	# Filename
 	FILENAME="${db}.${DB_USER}.NONE.${schema_flag}-${DB_VERSION}_${DB_HOST}_${DB_PORT}.c.sql"
@@ -166,9 +170,11 @@ else
 		echo "Prune repository with keep${KEEP_INFO:1}";
 		${BORG_PRUNE};
 	fi;
+	printf "${PRINTF_DB_RUN_TIME_SUB_BLOCK}" "BACKUP" "${db}" "${MODULE}" "$(convert_time ${DURATION})";
 
 	# get list of tables
 	for owner_db in $(${PG_PSQL} -U ${DB_USER} ${CONN_DB_HOST} ${CONN_DB_PORT} -d template1 -t -A -F "," -X -q -c "SELECT pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(datdba) AS owner, datname, pg_catalog.pg_encoding_to_char(encoding) AS encoding FROM pg_catalog.pg_database WHERE datname "\!"~ 'template(0|1)' ORDER BY datname;"); do
+		LOCAL_START=$(date +'%s');
 		# get the user who owns the DB too
 		owner=$(echo ${owner_db} | cut -d "," -f 1);
 		db=$(echo ${owner_db} | cut -d "," -f 2);
@@ -265,6 +271,7 @@ else
 		else
 			echo "- [E] ${db}";
 		fi;
+		printf "${PRINTF_DB_RUN_TIME_SUB_BLOCK}" "DONE" "${db}" "${MODULE}" "$(convert_time ${DURATION})";
 	done;
 fi;
 # run compact at the end if not a dry run