diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 200cfb4..2639237 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ gem 'rack', '~> 3.1'
 # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible
 gem 'rack-cors'
 
+# Used for uploading files to Digital Ocean Spaces
+gem 'aws-sdk-s3'
+
 # Used for our import of the card data.
 gem 'activerecord-import'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 304ae8a..f104be5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -91,6 +91,25 @@ GEM
       kramdown
       railties
     ast (2.4.3)
+    aws-eventstream (1.4.0)
+    aws-partitions (1.1246.0)
+    aws-sdk-core (3.246.0)
+      aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.3.0)
+      aws-partitions (~> 1, >= 1.992.0)
+      aws-sigv4 (~> 1.9)
+      base64
+      bigdecimal
+      jmespath (~> 1, >= 1.6.1)
+      logger
+    aws-sdk-kms (1.124.0)
+      aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.244.0)
+      aws-sigv4 (~> 1.5)
+    aws-sdk-s3 (1.221.0)
+      aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.244.0)
+      aws-sdk-kms (~> 1)
+      aws-sigv4 (~> 1.5)
+    aws-sigv4 (1.12.1)
+      aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
     base64 (0.3.0)
     bigdecimal (4.1.2)
     bootsnap (1.24.0)
@@ -172,6 +191,7 @@ GEM
       prism (>= 1.3.0)
       rdoc (>= 4.0.0)
       reline (>= 0.4.2)
+    jmespath (1.6.2)
     json (2.19.4)
     jsonapi-renderer (0.2.2)
     jsonapi-serializable (0.3.1)
@@ -597,6 +617,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   activerecord-import
   apitome
+  aws-sdk-s3
   bootsnap
   brakeman
   bullet
@@ -655,6 +676,12 @@ CHECKSUMS
   activesupport (8.1.3) sha256=21a5e0dfbd4c3ddd9e1317ec6a4d782fa226e7867dc70b0743acda81a1dca20e
   apitome (0.3.1) sha256=7698009c4bf363b22c70d137244ecd785ac97b8537562cb1d0f30a62e06ac318
   ast (2.4.3) sha256=954615157c1d6a382bc27d690d973195e79db7f55e9765ac7c481c60bdb4d383
+  aws-eventstream (1.4.0) sha256=116bf85c436200d1060811e6f5d2d40c88f65448f2125bc77ffce5121e6e183b
+  aws-partitions (1.1246.0) sha256=809cd7d38b7ba4ea651c9879248ecf9fd0f8289412e76f26478d2b37064faa1d
+  aws-sdk-core (3.246.0) sha256=393864ec8948560e69fcccc2e4d256b40c7028eb98930608dd295279e3c4ddcc
+  aws-sdk-kms (1.124.0) sha256=40d00ab706d7e49fd620270bd0dcb546f266295abdd49b54fec2611e2a41f37c
+  aws-sdk-s3 (1.221.0) sha256=a05488eab2083a1e90b02e18479d8f65e401081d671b2d138992a2c5fef85491
+  aws-sigv4 (1.12.1) sha256=6973ff95cb0fd0dc58ba26e90e9510a2219525d07620c8babeb70ef831826c00
   base64 (0.3.0) sha256=27337aeabad6ffae05c265c450490628ef3ebd4b67be58257393227588f5a97b
   bigdecimal (4.1.2) sha256=53d217666027eab4280346fba98e7d5b66baaae1b9c3c1c0ffe89d48188a3fbd
   bootsnap (1.24.0) sha256=34e6dea61ff4895101aa9c10894ce30186bec73fe2279e0eb52040d8d4cec297
@@ -690,6 +717,7 @@ CHECKSUMS
   i18n (1.14.8) sha256=285778639134865c5e0f6269e0b818256017e8cde89993fdfcbfb64d088824a5
   io-console (0.8.2) sha256=d6e3ae7a7cc7574f4b8893b4fca2162e57a825b223a177b7afa236c5ef9814cc
   irb (1.18.0) sha256=de9454a0703a54704b9811a5ef31a60c86949fbf4013fcf244fabc7c775248e3
+  jmespath (1.6.2) sha256=238d774a58723d6c090494c8879b5e9918c19485f7e840f2c1c7532cf84ebcb1
   json (2.19.4) sha256=670a7d333fb3b18ca5b29cb255eb7bef099e40d88c02c80bd42a3f30fe5239ac
   jsonapi-renderer (0.2.2) sha256=b5c44b033d61b4abdb6500fa4ab84807ca0b36ea0e59e47a2c3ca7095a6e447b
   jsonapi-serializable (0.3.1) sha256=221e657677659d798e268a33ec97a83ec5ea0e4233f931358db84e88056552e9
diff --git a/lib/tasks/sqlite.rake b/lib/tasks/sqlite.rake
index 2ca4562..1d8d90b 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/sqlite.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/sqlite.rake
@@ -2,10 +2,29 @@
 
 namespace :sqlite do
   desc 'Create a sqlite3 database for configured tables.'
-  task create: :environment do
+  task :create, [:upload] => :environment do |_, args|
     require 'sqlite3'
     require 'json'
     require 'zlib'
+    require 'aws-sdk-s3'
+
+    upload = ['true', true].include?(args[:upload])
+
+    if upload
+      missing_vars = []
+      %w[DO_SPACES_KEY DO_SPACES_SECRET DO_SPACES_ENDPOINT DO_SPACES_REGION DO_SPACES_BUCKET
+         DO_SPACES_FOLDER].each do |var|
+        missing_vars << var if ENV[var].nil? || ENV[var].strip.empty?
+      end
+
+      if missing_vars.any?
+        missing_vars.each do |var|
+          puts "Missing required environment variable for upload: #{var}"
+        end
+        puts 'Upload requested but required environment variables are missing. Exiting.'
+        exit 1
+      end
+    end
 
     target_models = [
       Card,
@@ -122,7 +141,9 @@ namespace :sqlite do
       end
     end
 
-    compress_db(db_file)
+    gzip_path = compress_db(db_file)
+
+    upload_to_spaces(gzip_path) if upload
 
     puts 'Done.'
   end
@@ -246,5 +267,32 @@ namespace :sqlite do
       end
     end
     puts "Database compressed to #{gzip_path}"
+    gzip_path
+  end
+
+  def upload_to_spaces(file_path)
+    puts "Uploading #{file_path} to Digital Ocean Spaces..."
+    s3_client = Aws::S3::Client.new(
+      access_key_id: ENV.fetch('DO_SPACES_KEY'),
+      secret_access_key: ENV.fetch('DO_SPACES_SECRET'),
+      endpoint: ENV.fetch('DO_SPACES_ENDPOINT'),
+      region: ENV.fetch('DO_SPACES_REGION')
+    )
+
+    bucket = ENV.fetch('DO_SPACES_BUCKET')
+    folder = ENV.fetch('DO_SPACES_FOLDER')
+    filename = File.basename(file_path)
+    key = folder ? File.join(folder, filename) : filename
+
+    File.open(file_path, 'rb') do |file|
+      s3_client.put_object(
+        bucket: bucket,
+        key: key,
+        body: file,
+        acl: 'public-read',
+        content_type: 'application/gzip'
+      )
+    end
+    puts "Successfully #{file_path} uploaded to spaces: #{bucket}/#{key}"
   end
 end