diff --git a/mealie/db/models/recipe/comment.py b/mealie/db/models/recipe/comment.py
index 189b1dfc3..7ccdbe1c7 100644
--- a/mealie/db/models/recipe/comment.py
+++ b/mealie/db/models/recipe/comment.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 from mealie.db.models.model_base import BaseMixins, SqlAlchemyBase
 from mealie.db.models.recipe.recipe import RecipeModel
@@ -6,20 +7,30 @@ from mealie.db.models.users import User
 from sqlalchemy import Column, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, String, orm
 
 
+def generate_uuid():
+    return str(uuid4())
+
+
 class RecipeComment(SqlAlchemyBase, BaseMixins):
     __tablename__ = "recipe_comments"
     id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
-    parent_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("recipes.id"))
+    uuid = Column(Integer, unique=True, nullable=False, default=generate_uuid)
+    parent_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("recipes.id"), nullable=False)
     recipe = orm.relationship("RecipeModel", back_populates="comments")
     user_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey("users.id"), nullable=False)
     user = orm.relationship("User", back_populates="comments", single_parent=True, foreign_keys=[user_id])
     date_added = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.now)
     text = Column(String)
 
-    def __init__(self, recipe_slug, user, text, session, **_) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, recipe_slug, user, text, session, date_added=None, **_) -> None:
         self.text = text
-        self.user = User.get_ref(session, user)
         self.recipe = RecipeModel.get_ref(session, recipe_slug, "slug")
+        self.date_added = date_added or datetime.now()
+
+        if isinstance(user, dict):
+            user = user.get("id")
+
+        self.user = User.get_ref(session, user)
 
     def update(self, text, **_) -> None:
         self.text = text
diff --git a/mealie/schema/comments.py b/mealie/schema/comments.py
index 6da1c78b3..6abd8121e 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/comments.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/comments.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class CommentSaveToDB(CommentIn):
 
 class CommentOut(CommentIn):
     id: int
+    uuid: str
     recipe_slug: str
     date_added: datetime
     user: UserBase
diff --git a/mealie/services/backups/exports.py b/mealie/services/backups/exports.py
index c127ad6a3..f2feaca58 100644
--- a/mealie/services/backups/exports.py
+++ b/mealie/services/backups/exports.py
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ def backup_all(
         db_export.export_items(all_recipes, "recipes", export_list=False, slug_folder=True)
         db_export.export_templates(all_recipes)
 
+        all_comments = db.comments.get_all(session)
+        db_export.export_items(all_comments, "comments")
+
     if export_settings:
         all_settings = db.settings.get_all(session)
         db_export.export_items(all_settings, "settings")
diff --git a/mealie/services/backups/imports.py b/mealie/services/backups/imports.py
index e497a0424..d4f626257 100644
--- a/mealie/services/backups/imports.py
+++ b/mealie/services/backups/imports.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import Callable
 
 from mealie.core.config import app_dirs
 from mealie.db.database import db
+from mealie.schema.comments import CommentOut
 from mealie.schema.event_notifications import EventNotificationIn
 from mealie.schema.recipe import Recipe
 from mealie.schema.restore import (
@@ -85,6 +86,22 @@ class ImportDatabase:
 
         return imports
 
+    def import_comments(self):
+        comment_dir: Path = self.import_dir.joinpath("comments", "comments.json")
+
+        comments = ImportDatabase.read_models_file(file_path=comment_dir, model=CommentOut)
+
+        for comment in comments:
+            comment: CommentOut
+
+            self.import_model(
+                db_table=db.comments,
+                model=comment,
+                return_model=ThemeImport,
+                name_attr="uuid",
+                search_key="uuid",
+            )
+
     @staticmethod
     def _recipe_migration(recipe_dict: dict) -> dict:
         if recipe_dict.get("categories", False):
@@ -364,6 +381,9 @@ def import_database(
     if import_notifications:
         notification_report = import_session.import_notifications()
 
+    if import_recipes:
+        import_session.import_comments()
+
     import_session.clean_up()
 
     return {