diff --git a/site/db-backup/bin/backup.sh b/site/db-backup/bin/backup.sh
index f267194715..db340f7c5e 100755
--- a/site/db-backup/bin/backup.sh
+++ b/site/db-backup/bin/backup.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,17 @@ mongoexport -o ${TARGET}/incidents.csv --uri=${MONGODB_URI}/${MONGODB_DBNAME} -v
 mongoexport -o ${TARGET}/duplicates.csv --uri=${MONGODB_URI}/${MONGODB_DBNAME} -v --type=csv --collection=duplicates --fields=duplicate_incident_number,true_incident_number
 mongoexport -o ${TARGET}/quickadd.csv --uri=${MONGODB_URI}/${MONGODB_DBNAME} -v --type=csv --collection=quickadd --fields=incident_id,url,date_submitted,source_domain
 mongoexport -o ${TARGET}/submissions.csv --uri=${MONGODB_URI}/${MONGODB_DBNAME} -v --type=csv --collection=submissions --fields=authors,date_downloaded,date_modified,date_published,date_submitted,image_url,incident_date,incident_id,language,mongodb_id,source_domain,submitters,text,title,url
-mongoexport -o ${TARGET}/reports.csv --uri=${MONGODB_URI}/${MONGODB_DBNAME} -v --type=csv --collection=reports --fields=_id,incident_id,authors,date_downloaded,date_modified,date_published,date_submitted,description,epoch_date_downloaded,epoch_date_modified,epoch_date_published,epoch_date_submitted,image_url,language,ref_number,report_number,source_domain,submitters,text,title,url,tags
+
+###### Begin Reports CSV Export ######
+
+JSON_FILE="${TARGET}/reports.json"
+CSV_FILE="${TARGET}/reports.csv"
+FIELDS="_id,authors,date_downloaded,date_modified,date_published,date_submitted,description,epoch_date_downloaded,epoch_date_modified,epoch_date_published,epoch_date_submitted,image_url,language,ref_number,report_number,source_domain,submitters,text,title,url,tags"
+mongoexport --uri="${MONGODB_URI}/${MONGODB_DBNAME}" --collection=reports --out="${JSON_FILE}" --jsonArray --jsonFormat=relaxed --fields="${FIELDS}"
+python3 convert_json_to_csv.py "${JSON_FILE}" "${CSV_FILE}" "${FIELDS}"
+rm -f $JSON_FILE
+
+###### End Reports CSV Export ######
 
 ###### Begin Taxa CSV Export ######
 
diff --git a/site/db-backup/bin/convert_json_to_csv.py b/site/db-backup/bin/convert_json_to_csv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6281b1c0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/db-backup/bin/convert_json_to_csv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import json
+import csv
+import sys
+
+def json_to_csv(json_file, csv_file, fields=None):
+    with open(json_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f_json:
+        data = json.load(f_json)
+
+    if not data:
+        print(f"The JSON file '{json_file}' is empty.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Extract headers from the keys of the dictionaries in the data if fields are not provided
+    if fields is None:
+        headers = set()
+        for entry in data:
+            headers.update(entry.keys())
+        headers = list(headers)
+    else:
+        headers = fields.split(',')
+
+    with open(csv_file, 'w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f_csv:
+        writer = csv.writer(f_csv, delimiter=',', quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL, escapechar='\\', lineterminator='\n')
+
+        # Write the header row
+        writer.writerow(headers)
+
+        # Write data rows
+        for entry in data:
+            row = []
+            for header in headers:
+                value = entry.get(header, '')
+                if isinstance(value, list):
+                    # Convert list to a comma-separated string
+                    value = ', '.join(map(str, value))
+                elif isinstance(value, dict) and '$date' in value:
+                    value = value['$date']
+                elif isinstance(value, dict) and '$oid' in value:
+                    value = value['$oid']
+                row.append(value)
+            writer.writerow(row)
+    
+    print(f"CSV file '{csv_file}' generated successfully.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+        print("Usage: python convert_json_to_csv.py <json_file> <csv_file> [fields]")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    json_file = sys.argv[1]
+    csv_file = sys.argv[2]
+    fields = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else None
+
+    json_to_csv(json_file, csv_file, fields)
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