diff --git a/client/main.cpp b/client/main.cpp
index 748a5e5b..196d5cec 100644
--- a/client/main.cpp
+++ b/client/main.cpp
@@ -148,21 +148,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         Settings settingsTemp;
     }
 
-    QSettings oldSettings(ORGANIZATION_NAME, APPLICATION_NAME);
-    QSettings newSettings(QSettings::Format::CustomFormat1, QSettings::UserScope,
-                          ORGANIZATION_NAME, APPLICATION_NAME);
-    
-//    QString newSettingsFileName = newSettings.fileName();
-//    QFile::remove(newSettingsFileName);
-    
-    if (!oldSettings.allKeys().isEmpty() && newSettings.allKeys().isEmpty()) {
-        QString oldSettingsFileName = oldSettings.fileName();
-        QString newSettingsFileName = newSettings.fileName();
-        qDebug() << "oldSettingsFileName:" << oldSettingsFileName << QFile::exists(oldSettingsFileName) << oldSettings.isWritable();
-        qDebug() << "newSettingsFileName:" << newSettingsFileName << QFile::exists(newSettingsFileName) << newSettings.isWritable();
 
-        SecureFormat::chiperSettings(oldSettings, newSettings);
-    }
 
 //    MobileUtils::writeToKeychain("testKey", "12345");
 //    qDebug() << "MobileUtils::readFromKeychain(\"testKey\"):" << MobileUtils::readFromKeychain("testKey");
diff --git a/client/secure_qsettings.cpp b/client/secure_qsettings.cpp
index a9beb112..b2eeecbc 100644
--- a/client/secure_qsettings.cpp
+++ b/client/secure_qsettings.cpp
@@ -2,34 +2,52 @@
 #include "secureformat.h"
 
 #include <QDataStream>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 SecureQSettings::SecureQSettings(const QString &organization, const QString &application, QObject *parent)
     : QObject{parent},
-      m_setting(organization, application, parent)
+      m_setting(organization, application, parent),
+      encryptedKeys({"Servers/serversList"})
 {
-    encrypted = m_setting.value("encrypted").toBool();
+    encrypted = m_setting.value("Conf/encrypted").toBool();
 
     // convert settings to encrypted
     if (! encrypted) {
-        // TODO: convert
-        // m_setting.sync();
+        for (const QString &key : m_setting.allKeys()) {
+            if (encryptedKeys.contains(key)) {
+                const QVariant &val = value(key);
+                setValue(key, val);
+            }
+        }
+        m_setting.setValue("Conf/encrypted", true);
+        m_setting.sync();
+        encrypted = true;
     }
 }
 
 QVariant SecureQSettings::value(const QString &key, const QVariant &defaultValue) const
 {
-    if (encrypted) {
-        QByteArray encryptedValue = m_setting.value(key, defaultValue).toByteArray();
+    if (m_cache.contains(key)) {
+        return m_cache.value(key);
+    }
+
+    QVariant retVal;
+    if (encrypted && encryptedKeys.contains(key)) {
+        if (!m_setting.contains(key)) return defaultValue;
+
+        QByteArray encryptedValue = m_setting.value(key).toByteArray();
         QByteArray decryptedValue = decryptText(encryptedValue);
 
         QDataStream ds(&decryptedValue, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
-        QVariant v;
-        ds >> v;
-        return v;
+        ds >> retVal;
     }
     else {
-        return m_setting.value(key, defaultValue);
+        retVal = m_setting.value(key, defaultValue);
     }
+
+    m_cache.insert(key, retVal);
+
+    return retVal;
 }
 
 void SecureQSettings::setValue(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)
@@ -42,6 +60,55 @@ void SecureQSettings::setValue(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)
 
     QByteArray encryptedValue = encryptText(decryptedValue);
     m_setting.setValue(key, encryptedValue);
+    m_cache.insert(key, value);
+
+    sync();
+}
+
+void SecureQSettings::remove(const QString &key)
+{
+    m_setting.remove(key);
+    m_cache.remove(key);
+
+    sync();
+}
+
+void SecureQSettings::sync()
+{
+    m_setting.sync();
+}
+
+QByteArray SecureQSettings::backupAppConfig() const
+{
+    QMap<QString, QVariant> cfg;
+    for (const QString &key : m_setting.allKeys()) {
+        cfg.insert(key, value(key));
+    }
+
+    QByteArray ba;
+    {
+        QDataStream ds(&ba, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+        ds << cfg;
+    }
+
+    return ba.toBase64();
+}
+
+void SecureQSettings::restoreAppConfig(const QByteArray &base64Cfg)
+{
+    QByteArray ba = QByteArray::fromBase64(base64Cfg);
+    QMap<QString, QVariant> cfg;
+
+    {
+        QDataStream ds(&ba, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+        ds >> cfg;
+    }
+
+    for (const QString &key : cfg.keys()) {
+        setValue(key, cfg.value(key));
+    }
+
+    sync();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/client/secure_qsettings.h b/client/secure_qsettings.h
index a7f32f64..113757a6 100644
--- a/client/secure_qsettings.h
+++ b/client/secure_qsettings.h
@@ -11,12 +11,19 @@ public:
 
     QVariant value(const QString &key, const QVariant &defaultValue = QVariant()) const;
     void setValue(const QString &key, const QVariant &value);
-    void sync() { m_setting.sync(); }
-    void remove(const QString &key) { m_setting.remove(key); }
+    void remove(const QString &key);
+    void sync();
+
+    QByteArray backupAppConfig() const;
+    void restoreAppConfig(const QByteArray &base64Cfg);
 
 private:
     QSettings m_setting;
     bool encrypted {false};
+
+    mutable QMap<QString, QVariant> m_cache;
+
+    QStringList encryptedKeys; // encode only key listed here
 };
 
 #endif // SECUREQSETTINGS_H
diff --git a/client/secureformat.cpp b/client/secureformat.cpp
index 6dfe185c..1acdeea7 100644
--- a/client/secureformat.cpp
+++ b/client/secureformat.cpp
@@ -148,71 +148,7 @@ QByteArray decryptText(const QByteArray& qEncryptArray) {
     return QByteArray::fromRawData((const char *)decryptPlainText, qEncryptArray.size());
 }
 
-SecureFormat::SecureFormat()
-{
-    m_format = QSettings::registerFormat("sconf",
-                                         readSecureFile,
-                                         writeSecureFile);
-    qDebug() << "SecureFormat" << m_format;
-}
 
-bool SecureFormat::readSecureFile(QIODevice& device, QSettings::SettingsMap& map) {
-    if (!device.isOpen()) {
-        return false;
-    }
 
-    QTextStream inStream(&device);
-    while (!inStream.atEnd()) {
-        QString line = inStream.readLine();
 
-        QStringList keyValue = line.split("<=>");
-        QString key = keyValue.first();
-        QString value = decryptText(keyValue.last().toUtf8());
-        map.insert(key, value);
 
-        qDebug() << "SecureFormat::readSecureFile: " << key << "<=>" << value;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool SecureFormat::writeSecureFile(QIODevice& device, const QSettings::SettingsMap& map) {
-//    if (!device.isOpen()) {
-//        return false;
-//    }
-
-//    QTextStream outStream(&device);
-//    auto keys = map.keys();
-//    for (auto key : keys) {
-//        QString value = map.value(key).toString();
-//        QByteArray qEncryptArray = encryptText(value);
-//        outStream << key << "<=>" << qEncryptArray << "\n";
-
-//        qDebug() << "SecureFormat::writeSecureFile: " << key << "<=>" << qEncryptArray;
-//    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-void SecureFormat::chiperSettings(const QSettings &oldSetting, QSettings &newSetting) {
-//    QVariantMap keysValuesPairs;
-//    QStringList keys = oldSetting.allKeys();
-//    QStringListIterator it(keys);
-//    while ( it.hasNext() ) {
-//        QString currentKey = it.next();
-//        keysValuesPairs.insert(currentKey, oldSetting.value(currentKey));
-//    }
-
-//    for (const QString& key : keys) {
-//        QString value = keysValuesPairs.value(key).toString();
-//        QByteArray qEncryptArray = encryptText(value);
-
-//        newSetting.setValue(key, qEncryptArray);
-//    }
-
-//    newSetting.sync();
-}
-
-const QSettings::Format& SecureFormat::format() const{
-    return m_format;
-}
diff --git a/client/secureformat.h b/client/secureformat.h
index c49ed214..04a25b64 100644
--- a/client/secureformat.h
+++ b/client/secureformat.h
@@ -12,15 +12,9 @@ class SecureFormat
 public:
     SecureFormat();
 
-    static bool readSecureFile(QIODevice &device, QSettings::SettingsMap &map);
-    static bool writeSecureFile(QIODevice &device, const QSettings::SettingsMap &map);
 
-    static void chiperSettings(const QSettings &oldSetting, QSettings &newSetting);
 
-    const QSettings::Format& format() const;
 
-private:
-    QSettings::Format m_format;
 };
 
 #endif // SECUREFORMAT_H
diff --git a/client/settings.h b/client/settings.h
index 082db891..4241f151 100644
--- a/client/settings.h
+++ b/client/settings.h
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ public:
 //    static constexpr char openNicNs5[] = "94.103.153.176";
 //    static constexpr char openNicNs13[] = "144.76.103.143";
 
+    QByteArray backupAppConfig() const { return m_settings.backupAppConfig(); }
+    void restoreAppConfig(const QByteArray &cfg) { m_settings.restoreAppConfig(cfg); }
+
 private:
-    //static SecureFormat m_secureFormat;
     SecureQSettings m_settings;
 };
 
diff --git a/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp b/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp
index 6429fc96..ccdb5071 100644
--- a/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp
+++ b/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp
@@ -74,3 +74,26 @@ void AppSettingsLogic::onPushButtonClearLogsClicked()
     Debug::clearLogs();
     Debug::clearServiceLogs();
 }
+
+void AppSettingsLogic::onPushButtonBackupAppConfigClicked()
+{
+    uiLogic()->saveTextFile("Backup application config", "AmneziaVPN.backup", ".backup", m_settings.backupAppConfig());
+}
+
+void AppSettingsLogic::onPushButtonRestoreAppConfigClicked()
+{
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(nullptr, tr("Open backup"),
+        QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation), "*.backup");
+
+    if (fileName.isEmpty()) return;
+
+    QFile file(fileName);
+    file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+    QByteArray data = file.readAll();
+
+    m_settings.restoreAppConfig(data);
+
+    emit uiLogic()->goToPage(Page::Vpn);
+    emit uiLogic()->setStartPage(Page::Vpn);
+}
+
diff --git a/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.h b/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.h
index b597b129..fc9f0da7 100644
--- a/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.h
+++ b/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void onPushButtonExportLogsClicked();
     Q_INVOKABLE void onPushButtonClearLogsClicked();
 
+    Q_INVOKABLE void onPushButtonBackupAppConfigClicked();
+    Q_INVOKABLE void onPushButtonRestoreAppConfigClicked();
+
+
 public:
     explicit AppSettingsLogic(UiLogic *uiLogic, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~AppSettingsLogic() = default;
diff --git a/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp b/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp
index e8b3f269..c21aa6f6 100644
--- a/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp
+++ b/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ StartPageLogic::StartPageLogic(UiLogic *logic, QObject *parent):
     m_labelWaitInfoVisible{true},
     m_labelWaitInfoText{},
     m_pushButtonBackFromStartVisible{true},
-    m_pushButtonConnectVisible{true},
     m_ipAddressPortRegex{Utils::ipAddressPortRegExp()}
 {
 
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ void StartPageLogic::onUpdatePage()
 
     set_labelWaitInfoVisible(false);
     set_labelWaitInfoText("");
-    set_pushButtonConnectVisible(true);
 
     set_pushButtonConnectKeyChecked(false);
 
diff --git a/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.h b/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.h
index f5f132f8..24bdc53f 100644
--- a/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.h
+++ b/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class StartPageLogic : public PageLogicBase
     AUTO_PROPERTY(bool, labelWaitInfoVisible)
     AUTO_PROPERTY(QString, labelWaitInfoText)
     AUTO_PROPERTY(bool, pushButtonBackFromStartVisible)
-    AUTO_PROPERTY(bool, pushButtonConnectVisible)
 
     READONLY_PROPERTY(QRegExp, ipAddressPortRegex)
 public:
diff --git a/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageAppSetting.qml b/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageAppSetting.qml
index b795ceb5..7e8d415a 100644
--- a/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageAppSetting.qml
+++ b/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageAppSetting.qml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ PageBase {
 
             BlueButtonType {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
-                Layout.topMargin: 15
+                Layout.topMargin: 10
                 Layout.preferredHeight: 41
                 text: qsTr("Export logs")
                 onClicked: {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ PageBase {
 
             BlueButtonType {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
-                Layout.topMargin: 15
+                Layout.topMargin: 10
                 Layout.preferredHeight: 41
 
                 property string start_text: qsTr("Clear logs")
@@ -135,6 +135,31 @@ PageBase {
                     AppSettingsLogic.onPushButtonClearLogsClicked()
                 }
             }
+
+            LabelType {
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                Layout.topMargin: 30
+                text: qsTr("Backup and restore configuration")
+            }
+
+            BlueButtonType {
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                Layout.topMargin: 10
+                Layout.preferredHeight: 41
+                text: qsTr("Backup app config")
+                onClicked: {
+                    AppSettingsLogic.onPushButtonBackupAppConfigClicked()
+                }
+            }
+            BlueButtonType {
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                Layout.topMargin: 10
+                Layout.preferredHeight: 41
+                text: qsTr("Restore app config")
+                onClicked: {
+                    AppSettingsLogic.onPushButtonRestoreAppConfigClicked()
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageStart.qml b/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageStart.qml
index 3ff11a86..ab53792d 100644
--- a/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageStart.qml
+++ b/client/ui/qml/Pages/PageStart.qml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ PageBase {
             anchors.topMargin: 40
 
             text: qsTr("Open file")
-            visible: StartPageLogic.pushButtonConnectVisible
             onClicked: {
                 StartPageLogic.onPushButtonImportOpenFile()
             }
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ PageBase {
             anchors.topMargin: 10
 
             text: qsTr("Scan QR code")
-            visible: StartPageLogic.pushButtonConnectVisible
             onClicked: {
                 if (Qt.platform.os == "ios") {
                     UiLogic.goToPage(PageEnum.QrDecoderIos)
@@ -144,7 +142,19 @@ PageBase {
             enabled: StartPageLogic.pushButtonConnectEnabled
         }
 
+        BlueButtonType {
+            id: btn_restore_cfg
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+            anchors.top: qr_code_import.bottom
+            anchors.topMargin: 30
+            visible: UiLogic.pagesStackDepth == 1
+            enabled: StartPageLogic.pushButtonConnectEnabled
 
+            text: qsTr("Restore app config")
+            onClicked: {
+                AppSettingsLogic.onPushButtonRestoreAppConfigClicked()
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -270,7 +280,6 @@ PageBase {
             anchors.topMargin: 10
 
             text: StartPageLogic.pushButtonConnectText
-            visible: StartPageLogic.pushButtonConnectVisible
             onClicked: {
                 StartPageLogic.onPushButtonConnect()
             }