diff --git a/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_bnote.js.html b/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_bnote.js.html
index b28fbc47c..51a90a0d8 100644
--- a/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_bnote.js.html
+++ b/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_bnote.js.html
@@ -1202,14 +1202,8 @@ class BNote extends AbstractBeccaEntity {
 
     /** @returns {BAttachment} */
     getAttachmentByTitle(title) {
-        return sql.getRows(`
-                SELECT attachments.*
-                FROM attachments 
-                WHERE ownerId = ? 
-                  AND title = ?
-                  AND isDeleted = 0
-                ORDER BY position`, [this.noteId, title])
-            .map(row => new BAttachment(row))[0];
+        // cannot use SQL to filter by title since it can be encrypted
+        return this.getAttachments().filter(attachment => attachment.title === title)[0];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_brevision.js.html b/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_brevision.js.html
index 7a44335ab..dc47085b0 100644
--- a/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_brevision.js.html
+++ b/docs/backend_api/becca_entities_brevision.js.html
@@ -185,14 +185,8 @@ class BRevision extends AbstractBeccaEntity {
 
     /** @returns {BAttachment} */
     getAttachmentByTitle(title) {
-        return sql.getRows(`
-                SELECT attachments.*
-                FROM attachments 
-                WHERE ownerId = ? 
-                  AND title = ?
-                  AND isDeleted = 0
-                ORDER BY position`, [this.revisionId, title])
-            .map(row => new BAttachment(row))[0];
+        // cannot use SQL to filter by title since it can be encrypted
+        return this.getAttachments().filter(attachment => attachment.title === title)[0];
     }
 
     beforeSaving() {
diff --git a/src/services/backend_script_api.js b/src/services/backend_script_api.js
index ba593f4c8..e3e5b5b36 100644
--- a/src/services/backend_script_api.js
+++ b/src/services/backend_script_api.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ const SpacedUpdate = require("./spaced_update");
 const specialNotesService = require("./special_notes");
 const branchService = require("./branches");
 const exportService = require("./export/zip");
-const syncMutex = require("./sync_mutex.js");
+const syncMutex = require("./sync_mutex");
+const backupService = require("./backup");
 const optionsService = require("./options");
 
 
@@ -663,6 +664,13 @@ function BackendScriptApi(currentNote, apiParams) {
      */
     this.runOutsideOfSync = syncMutex.doExclusively;
 
+    /**
+     * @method
+     * @param {string} backupName - If the backupName is e.g. "now", then the backup will be written to "backup-now.db" file
+     * @returns {Promise} - resolves once the backup is finished
+     */
+    this.backupNow = backupService.backupNow;
+
     /**
      * This object contains "at your risk" and "no BC guarantees" objects for advanced use cases.
      *
diff --git a/src/services/request.js b/src/services/request.js
index 0af02b7ea..5a7158007 100644
--- a/src/services/request.js
+++ b/src/services/request.js
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ function getImage(imageUrl) {
     });
 }
 
+const HTTP = 'http:', HTTPS = 'https:';
+
 function getProxyAgent(opts) {
     if (!opts.proxy) {
         return null;
@@ -167,15 +169,15 @@ function getProxyAgent(opts) {
 
     const {protocol} = url.parse(opts.url);
 
-    if (protocol === 'http:' || protocol === 'https:') {
-        const protoNoColon = protocol.substr(0, protocol.length - 1);
-        const AgentClass = require(`${protoNoColon}-proxy-agent`);
-
-        return new AgentClass(opts.proxy);
-    }
-    else {
+    if (![HTTP, HTTPS].includes(protocol)) {
         return null;
     }
+
+    const AgentClass = HTTP === protocol
+        ? require("http-proxy-agent").HttpProxyAgent
+        : require("https-proxy-agent").HttpsProxyAgent;
+
+    return new AgentClass(opts.proxy);
 }
 
 function getClient(opts) {