diff --git a/install-discord-linux.rb b/install-discord-linux.rb
index 19491d3..772945d 100755
--- a/install-discord-linux.rb
+++ b/install-discord-linux.rb
@@ -161,12 +161,13 @@ def do_install(version)
     File.open(installer_file, 'rb') do |file|
       Gem::Package.new("").extract_tar_gz(file, $CONFIG[:install_dir])
     end
+
+    if not $CONFIG[:keep_installer]
+      puts "do_install: Removing new installer (#{installer_file})"
+      File.unlink(installer_file)
+    end
   end
 
-  if not $CONFIG[:keep_installer]
-    puts "do_install: Removing new installer (#{installer_file})"
-    File.unlink(installer_file)
-  end
 end
 
 def update_desktop_file
@@ -194,32 +195,52 @@ def update_desktop_file
 end
 
 def make_backup
-  files = Array.new
-  Dir.glob("#{$CONFIG[:discord_config_path]}/**").each{|item| 
-    if File.file?(item) or File.directory?(item)
-      files << File.new(item) 
+  files = {
+    files: Array.new,
+    dirs: Array.new,
+    symlinks: Array.new
+  }
+
+  Dir.glob("#{$CONFIG[:discord_config_path].path}/**/**/**/**").each{ |item| 
+    if File.file?(item) 
+      files[:files] << item
+    elsif File.symlink?(item)
+      files[:symlinks] << item
+    elsif File.directory?(item)
+      files[:dirs] << item
     end
   }
-  Dir.glob("#{$CONFIG[:discord_path]}/**").each {|item| 
-    if File.file?(item) or File.directory?(item)
-      files << File.new(item) 
+
+  Dir.glob("#{$CONFIG[:discord_path].path}/**/**/**/**").each {|item| 
+    if File.file?(item)
+      files[:files] << item
+    elsif File.symlink?(item)
+      files[:symlinks] << item
+    elsif File.directory?(item)
+      files[:dirs] << item
     end
   }
 
   Dir.chdir(Dir.home) do 
-    File.open($CONFIG[:backup_filename], "wb") do |file|
-      Zlib::GzipWriter.wrap(file) do |gzip|
+    File.open($CONFIG[:backup_filename], "wb") do |backup_file|
+      Zlib::GzipWriter.wrap(backup_file) do |gzip|
         Gem::Package::TarWriter.new(gzip) do |tar|
-          files.each do |file|
-            if File.file?(file)
-              content = file.read()
-              tar.add_file_simple(file.path.sub("#{Dir.home}/",''), file.stat.mode, content.length) do |io|
-                io.write(content)
+          files[:files].each do |file|
+            File.open(file, 'rb') { |file_to_archive|
+              contents = file_to_archive.read()
+              tar.add_file_simple(file_to_archive.path.sub("#{Dir.home}/",''), file_to_archive.stat.mode, contents.length) do |io|
+                io.write(contents)
               end
-            elsif File.directory?(file)
-              tar.mkdir(file.path.sub("#{Dir.home}/",""), file.stat.mode)
-            end
+            }
           end
+          files[:dirs].each do |dir|
+            tar.mkdir(dir.sub("#{Dir.home}/",""), File.stat(dir).mode)
+          end
+
+         files[:symlinks].each {|symlink|
+           tar.add_symlink(symlink.sub("#{Dir.home}/",""), File.readlink(symlink), File.lstat(symlink).mode)
+         }
+
         end
       end
     end