diff --git a/examples/example.borg b/examples/example.borg
index 4fced667058a0345e138dd297fa3dacd86d5c8ea..9544a9407c95bf3c0df23a074c3875a5e162cbbd 100644
--- a/examples/example.borg
+++ b/examples/example.borg
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@
 ## Default:
 # bwlimit = 0
 
+## export "borg info last_archive" to a given file
+## this is usefull for monitoring without using borg
+##
+## Example:
+# borginfo = /var/backups/borginfo.json
+## Default:
+# borginfo =
+
+## export "borg list repository" to a given file
+## this is usefull for monitoring without using borg
+##
+## Example
+# borglist = /var/backups/borglist.json
+## Default:
+# borglist =
+
 ######################################################
 ## source section
 ## (where the files to be backed up are coming from)
diff --git a/handlers/borg.in b/handlers/borg.in
index fa309c79ca7d0ce889a97236142e8fa796cbde48..0fc72b622844184f92061a328ca5900cbe30ad2e 100644
--- a/handlers/borg.in
+++ b/handlers/borg.in
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ getconf nicelevel 0
 getconf ionicelevel
 getconf bwlimit
 
+getconf borginfo
+getconf borglist
+
 setsection source
 getconf init yes
 getconf include
@@ -250,8 +253,48 @@ if [ "$prune" == "yes" ]; then
          warning "$output"
          warning "Removing old backups finished with warnings."
       else
-         error $output
-         fatal "Failed removing old backups."
+         info "$output"
+         warning "Failed removing old backups. Borg returned exit code ${ret}."
+      fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+### WRITE STATS FILES ###
+
+if [ -n "$borginfo" ]; then
+   mkdir -p "$(dirname "$borginfo")"
+
+   infostr="borg info $execstr_repository --last 1 --json > $borginfo"
+
+   debug "$infostr"
+   if [ "$test" = 0 ]; then
+      output=$(su -c "$infostr" 2>&1)
+      ret=$?
+      if [ $ret = 0 ]; then
+         debug "$output"
+         info "Successfully writing borg info to $borginfo"
+      else
+         info "$output"
+         error "Failed to write borg info to $borginfo"
+      fi
+   fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$borglist" ]; then
+   mkdir -p "$(dirname "$borglist")"
+
+   infostr="borg list $execstr_repository --json > $borglist"
+
+   debug "$infostr"
+   if [ "$test" = 0 ]; then
+      output=$(su -c "$infostr" 2>&1)
+      ret=$?
+      if [ $ret = 0 ]; then
+         debug "$output"
+         info "Successfully writing borg list to $borglist"
+      else
+         info "$output"
+         error "Failed to write borg list to $borglist"
       fi
    fi
 fi