diff --git a/apps/types.go b/apps/types.go
index a1445d8..f768a01 100644
--- a/apps/types.go
+++ b/apps/types.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ type App struct {
 		Tech        string `json:"tech"`
 		TechVersion string `json:"tech_version"`
 		Password    string `json:"password"`
+		ArchiveURL  string `json:"archive_url"` // Archive with content of /srv
 	} `json:"setup,omitempty" gorm:"-"`
 }
 
diff --git a/containers/types.go b/containers/types.go
index c3a5ebd..0ab0f9f 100644
--- a/containers/types.go
+++ b/containers/types.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (c *Container) getDriver() *Driver {
 }
 
 // volumeHostPath each container has one volume mounted into it,
-func (c *Container) volumeHostPath() string {
+func (c *Container) VolumeHostPath() string {
 	return path.Join(c.AppsPath, c.App.Name)
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (c *Container) Status() (ContainerStatus, error) {
 
 // DiskUsage returns number of bytes and inodes used by the container in it's mounted volume
 func (c *Container) DiskUsage() (int, int, error) {
-	return du(c.volumeHostPath())
+	return du(c.VolumeHostPath())
 }
 
 // ResourceUsage returns amount of memory in B and CPU in % that the app occupies
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (c *Container) Create() error {
 	_, err := driver.Create(
 		c.App.Name,
 		c.App.Image,
-		c.volumeHostPath(),
+		c.VolumeHostPath(),
 		c.App.HTTPPort,
 		c.App.SSHPort,
 		c.App.CPU,
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ func (c *Container) GetTechs() (apps.AppTechs, error) {
 
 // Returns info about active technology
 func (c *Container) GetActiveTech() (*TechInfo, error) {
-	info, err := getTechAndVersion(path.Join(c.volumeHostPath(), "bin", "primary_tech"))
+	info, err := getTechAndVersion(path.Join(c.VolumeHostPath(), "bin", "primary_tech"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return info, err
 	}
diff --git a/glue/main.go b/glue/main.go
index e6e343d..badd005 100644
--- a/glue/main.go
+++ b/glue/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package glue
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -200,6 +204,64 @@ func (p *Processor) Get(noUpdate bool) (apps.App, error) {
 	return app, nil
 }
 
+// Takes URL with an tar archive and prepares container's volume from it.
+func (p *Processor) volumeFromURL(url string, container *docker.Container) error {
+	// Validation, check if url ends with tar.zstd
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(url, ".tar.zstd") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("archive has to end with .tar.zstd")
+	}
+
+	volumePath := container.VolumeHostPath()
+
+	// Prepare volume path
+	err := os.MkdirAll(volumePath, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create volume path: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Download the archive
+	log.Printf("%s: downloading archive from %s\n", container.App.Name, url)
+	f, err := os.Create(volumePath + "/archive.tar.zstd")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create archive file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to download archive: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	n, err := io.Copy(f, resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to download archive: %v", err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("downloaded %d bytes\n", n)
+
+	// Extract the archive
+	log.Printf("%s: extracting archive\n", container.App.Name)
+
+	// Call tar xf archive.tar.zstd -C /volume
+	cmd := exec.Command("tar", "-I", "zstd", "-xf", "archive.tar.zstd", "-C", volumePath)
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("%s: failed to extract archive: %v", container.App.Name, err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Remove archive
+	log.Printf("%s: removing archive\n", container.App.Name)
+	err = os.Remove(volumePath + "/archive.tar.zstd")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove archive: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("%s: volume preparing done\n", container.App.Name)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Create creates a single app in the system
 func (p *Processor) Create(appTemplate apps.App) error {
 	if appTemplate.EnvRaw == nil {
@@ -219,6 +281,17 @@ func (p *Processor) Create(appTemplate apps.App) error {
 		AppsPath:   p.AppsPath,
 	}
 
+	if len(appTemplate.Snapshot) > 0 && len(appTemplate.Setup.ArchiveURL) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("snapshot and archive_url cannot be used together")
+	}
+
+	if len(appTemplate.Setup.ArchiveURL) > 0 {
+		err = p.volumeFromURL(appTemplate.Setup.ArchiveURL, &container)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to prepare volume: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = container.Create()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err