diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 350fd4b..d1dc7aa 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 export(add_to_package_index)
+export(archive_package)
 export(build_binary_package)
 export(build_single_tag)
 export(dbcon)
diff --git a/R/archive_packages.R b/R/archive_packages.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0de4f2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/archive_packages.R
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#' Archive packages in CRAN-like repositories
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' archive_package("AATtools", codename = "rhel9")
+#'
+archive_package <- function(
+    package_name, 
+    build_for_minor = FALSE,
+    codename = NULL,
+    r_minor_version = NULL,
+    local_build_root = ".",
+    endpoint = "https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com",
+    region = "eu-central-003",
+    bucket = "devxy-arm64-r-binaries") {
+  s3fs::s3_file_system(
+    aws_access_key_id = Sys.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
+    aws_secret_access_key = Sys.getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
+    endpoint = endpoint,
+    region_name = region,
+  )
+
+  codename <- set_codename(codename)
+  if (!build_for_minor) {
+    local_bin_dir <- sprintf("%s/arm64/%s/latest/src/contrib", local_build_root, codename)
+    remote_bin_dir <- sprintf("%s/arm64/%s/latest/src/contrib", bucket, codename)
+  } else {
+    dir_out_bin <- sprintf("%s/arm64/%s/%s/latest/src/contrib", local_build_root, codename, r_minor_version)
+    remote_bin_dir <- sprintf("%s/arm64/%s/%s/latest/src/contrib", bucket, codename, r_minor_version)
+  }
+
+  files <- s3fs::s3_dir_ls(remote_bin_dir)
+
+  foo <- lapply(package_name, function(.x) {
+    if (!s3fs::s3_dir_exists(sprintf("%s/Archive/%s", remote_bin_dir, .x))) {
+      s3fs::s3_dir_create(sprintf("%s/Archive/%s", remote_bin_dir, .x))
+    }
+    all_versions <- grep(sprintf("/%s_", .x), files, value = TRUE)
+    # only archive if more than one package exists in the root
+    if (length(all_versions) > 1) {
+      # get most recent version from CRAN
+      last_version <- available.packages()[.x, "Version"]
+      # check if last version is available in repo
+      if (any(grepl(last_version, all_versions))) {
+        index <- which(grepl(last_version, all_versions))
+        old_versions <- all_versions[-index]
+      } else {
+        versions = rev(pak::pkg_history(.x)$Version)
+        for (i in versions) {
+          if (any(grepl(i, all_versions))) {
+            index <- which(grepl(i, all_versions))
+            old_versions <- all_versions[-index] 
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      cli::cli_alert("{.fun archive_package}: Archiving {.field {basename(old_versions)}}, keeping {.field {basename(all_versions[index])}}.")
+      s3fs::s3_file_move(old_versions, sprintf("%s/Archive/%s/%s", remote_bin_dir, .x, basename(old_versions)), overwrite = TRUE)
+      cli::cli_alert_success("{.fun archive_package}: Successfully archived package {.pkg {.x}}.")
+    }
+    cli::cli_alert("{.fun archive_package}: Skipping {.pkg {.x}} as only one package versions exists.")
+  })
+
+  return(invisible(TRUE))
+}
diff --git a/R/helpers.R b/R/helpers.R
index ae791a7..97a4464 100644
--- a/R/helpers.R
+++ b/R/helpers.R
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ set_codename <- function(codename) {
       }
     }
     return(codename)
+  } else {
+    return(codename)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/R/process_cran_updates.R b/R/process_cran_updates.R
index 8e57b7e..c13ad00 100644
--- a/R/process_cran_updates.R
+++ b/R/process_cran_updates.R
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ process_cran_updates <- function(
 
   all_pkgs <- dplyr::bind_rows(updated_pkgs, new_pkgs)
 
-  purrr::walk2(all_pkgs$name, all_pkgs$version, ~ build_binary_package(.x, .y, platform = platform))
+  purrr::walk2(all_pkgs$name, all_pkgs$version, ~ {
+    build_binary_package(.x, .y, platform = platform)
+    archive_package(.x)
+  }
+  )
 
   if (prune) {
     removed_pkgs <- get_removed_cran_packages(interval)
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ process_cran_updates <- function(
 
     purrr::walk(removed_pkgs$name, ~ {
       cli::cli_alert("{.fun process_cran_updates}: Removing package {.pkg {.x}} from S3.")
-      files_filtered <- grep(sprintf("%s_", .x), files, value = TRUE)
+      files_filtered <- grep(sprintf("/%s_", .x), files, value = TRUE)
       if (length(files_filtered > 0)) {
         s3fs::s3_file_delete(files_filtered)
         cli::cli_alert_success("{.fun process_cran_updates}: Successfully removed {.pkg {basename(files_filtered)}} from S3.")
diff --git a/man/archive_package.Rd b/man/archive_package.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a38cca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/archive_package.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/archive_packages.R
+\name{archive_package}
+\alias{archive_package}
+\title{Archive packages in CRAN-like repositories}
+\usage{
+archive_package(
+  package_name,
+  build_for_minor = FALSE,
+  codename = NULL,
+  r_minor_version = NULL,
+  local_build_root = ".",
+  endpoint = "https://s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com",
+  region = "eu-central-003",
+  bucket = "devxy-arm64-r-binaries"
+)
+}
+\description{
+Archive packages in CRAN-like repositories
+}
+\examples{
+archive_package("AATtools", codename = "rhel9")
+
+}
diff --git a/man/build_binary_package.Rd b/man/build_binary_package.Rd
index 953cd5c..7d62971 100644
--- a/man/build_binary_package.Rd
+++ b/man/build_binary_package.Rd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build_binary_package(
   tag = NULL,
   codename = NULL,
   r_minor_version = NULL,
-  build_for_minor = TRUE,
+  build_for_minor = FALSE,
   local_build_root = "/root",
   local_clone_dir = "/tmp",
   platform = NULL,
diff --git a/man/process_cran_updates.Rd b/man/process_cran_updates.Rd
index 41f8547..d6e4f02 100644
--- a/man/process_cran_updates.Rd
+++ b/man/process_cran_updates.Rd
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 process_cran_updates(
   package_name,
   tag,
-  platform = platform,
+  platform,
   local_clone_dir,
   interval = lubridate::today(),
   prune = TRUE,