diff --git a/velero/restore.sh b/velero/restore.sh
index 678de6f..2b059b2 100755
--- a/velero/restore.sh
+++ b/velero/restore.sh
@@ -76,12 +76,115 @@ for pod_name in $pod_names; do
     fi
 done
 
-echo "Please  restore the pvs and pvcs. After that write done: "
-while :; do
-	read INPUT
-	if [[ $INPUT == "done" ]]; then
-		break
-	fi
-done
+function yes_or_no {
+    while true; do
+        read -p "$* [y/n]: " yn
+        case $yn in
+            [Yy]*) return 0 ;;
+            [Nn]*) return 1 ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+if yes_or_no "Should the script restore all backups automatically?"; then
+    command_exists "curl"
+    command_exists "jq"
+
+    while :; do
+        echo -n "longhorn username: "
+        read USERNAME
+        echo -n "longhorn password: "
+        read -s PASSWORD
+        echo ""
+        # check if credentials work
+        API_STATUS_CODE=$(curl -o /dev/null -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" -w "%{http_code}" -X "GET" "https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1")
+        if [[ $API_STATUS_CODE == "200" ]]; then
+            break
+        else
+            echo "login credentials seem to be wrong, got error $API_STATUS_CODE"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # get Backup Target
+    BACKUPTARGET=$(curl -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/backuptargets | jq -r ".data[0].backupTargetURL")
+    while IFS= read -r b; do
+        LASTBACKUP=$(echo $b | jq -r ".lastBackupName")
+        VOLUMEID=$(echo $b | jq -r ".id")
+        API_STATUS_CODE=$(curl -o /dev/null -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" -w "%{http_code}" -X "POST" "https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/volumes" \
+                 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+                 -d $"{
+                  \"name\": \"${VOLUMEID}\",
+                  \"numberOfReplicas\": 3,
+                  \"accessMode\": \"rwo\",
+                  \"encrypted\": false,
+                  \"restoreVolumeRecurringJob\": \"ignored\",
+                  \"nodeSelector\": [],
+                  \"diskSelector\": [],
+                  \"fromBackup\": \"${BACKUPTARGET}?backup=${LASTBACKUP}&volume=${VOLUMEID}\",
+                  \"staleReplicaTimeout\": 20
+                }")
+        if [[ $API_STATUS_CODE != "200" ]]; then
+            echo "could not restore $VOLUMEID"
+        fi
+    done <<< "$(curl -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/backupvolumes | jq -c '.data[]')"
+
+    wait_for_volume () {
+        counter=0
+        while [ $counter -lt 50 ]; do
+            # get volume info
+            VOLUME=$(curl -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/volumes/$1)
+            # parse json
+            READY=$(echo $VOLUME | jq -r ".ready")
+            STATE=$(echo $VOLUME | jq -r ".state")
+            # if the volume is ready return
+            if [ $READY == "true" ] && [ $STATE == "detached" ]; then
+                return
+            fi
+            let counter++
+            sleep 5
+        done
+        echo "timeout while waiting for volume $1 to become ready"
+    }
+    # wait a while for longhorn to create the volumes from backup
+    echo "waiting for backups to be restored"
+    sleep 10
+
+    # go through all volumes
+    while IFS= read -r b; do
+        VOLUMEID=$(echo $b | jq -r ".id")
+        VOLUMENAME=$(echo $b | jq -r ".name")
+        NAMESPACE=$(echo $b | jq -r ".kubernetesStatus.namespace")
+        PVCNAME=$(echo $b | jq -r ".kubernetesStatus.pvcName")
+        echo "wait for $VOLUMEID to bevome ready"
+        wait_for_volume $VOLUMEID
+        echo "volume is ready... create PVs and PVCs"
+        API_STATUS_CODE=$(curl -o /dev/null -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" -w "%{http_code}" -X "POST" "https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/volumes/$VOLUMEID?action=pvCreate" \
+                 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+                 -d $"{
+                  \"pvName\":\"${VOLUMENAME}\",
+                  \"fsType\":\"ext4\"
+                }")
+        if [[ $API_STATUS_CODE != "200" ]]; then
+            echo "could not create PV for $VOLUMEID"
+        fi
+        API_STATUS_CODE=$(curl -o /dev/null -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" -w "%{http_code}" -X "POST" "https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/volumes/$VOLUMEID?action=pvcCreate" \
+                 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+                 -d $"{
+                  \"pvcName\":\"${PVCNAME}\",
+                  \"namespace\":\"${NAMESPACE}\"
+                }")
+        if [[ $API_STATUS_CODE != "200" ]]; then
+            echo "could not create PVC for $VOLUMEID"
+        fi
+    done <<< "$(curl -su "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" https://longhorn.services.yolokube.de/v1/volumes | jq -c '.data[]')"
+else
+    echo "Please  restore the pvs and pvcs manually. After that write done: "
+    while :; do
+        read INPUT
+        if [[ $INPUT == "done" ]]; then
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+fi
 echo "Restore everything else"
 velero restore create --from-backup "$BACKUPNAME" --exclude-resources persistentvolumes,persistentvolumeclaims restore-part-3 || exit 1