diff --git a/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py b/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py
--- a/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py
+++ b/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import tarfile
 import os
 import datetime
 import sys
+import subprocess
 logging.basicConfig(level = logging.DEBUG,
                     format = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)-5.5s %(message)s")
 
 class BackupManager(object):
     def __init__(self):
-
+        self.id_rsa_path = '/home/pylons/id_rsa'
+        self.check_id_rsa()
         cur_dir = os.path.realpath(__file__)
         dn = os.path.dirname
         self.backup_file_path = os.path.join(dn(dn(dn(cur_dir))), 'data')
@@ -26,6 +28,11 @@ class BackupManager(object):
         if not os.path.isdir(self.repos_path):
             raise Exception('Not a valid directory in %s' % self.repos_path)
 
+    def check_id_rsa(self):
+        if not os.path.isfile(self.id_rsa_path):
+            logging.error('Could not load id_rsa key file in %s', self.id_rsa_path)
+            sys.exit()
+
     def set_repos_path(self, paths):
         repos_path = paths[0][1].split('/')
         if repos_path[-1] in ['*', '**']:
@@ -36,19 +43,35 @@ class BackupManager(object):
 
     def backup_repos(self):
         today = datetime.datetime.now().weekday() + 1
-        bckp_file = os.path.join(self.backup_file_path,
-                                 "mercurial_repos.%s.tar.gz" % today)
+        self.backup_file_name = "mercurial_repos.%s.tar.gz" % today
+        bckp_file = os.path.join(self.backup_file_path, self.backup_file_name)
         tar = tarfile.open(bckp_file, "w:gz")
 
-        for dir in os.listdir(self.repos_path):
+        for dir in os.listdir(self.repos_path)[:2]:
             logging.info('backing up %s', dir)
             tar.add(os.path.join(self.repos_path, dir), dir)
         tar.close()
         logging.info('finished backup of mercurial repositories')
 
 
+
+    def transfer_files(self):
+        params = {
+                  'id_rsa_key': self.id_rsa_path,
+                  'backup_file_path':self.backup_file_path,
+                  'backup_file_name':self.backup_file_name,
+                  }
+        cmd = ['scp', '-i', '%(id_rsa_key)s' % params,
+               '%(backup_file_path)s/%(backup_file_name)s' % params,
+               'root@192.168.2.102:/backups/mercurial' % params]
+
+        subprocess.Popen(cmd)
+        logging.info('Transfered file %s to %s', self.backup_file_name, cmd[4])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     bm = BackupManager()
     bm.backup_repos()
+    bm.transfer_files()