diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 4a5c429..d368010 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,40 @@ read -r -p "Do you want to start the initial setup? (y/n): " INSTALL_GITEA
 
 if [ -z "$INSTALL_GITEA" ] || [[ "$INSTALL_GITEA" != "y" && "$INSTALL_GITEA" != "n" ]]; then
 	echo "Skipping inital setup."
-	read -r -p "Do you want to migrate from an existing installation using scp? (y/n): " MIGRATE_GITEA
-	
-	if [ "$MIGRATE_GITEA" == "y" ]; then
-		read -r -p "Enter the remote user@host:/destination/of/gitea/data: " REMOTE_PATH
-		sudo scp -r "$REMOTE_PATH" ./data
-	else
+
+	read -r -p "Do you want to migrate from an existing installation? (Y/n): " MIGRATE_EXISTING
+
+	if [ "$MIGRATE_EXISTING" == "n" ]; then
 		echo "Exiting setup."
 		exit 0
+
+	else
+		read -r -p "What method do you want to use for migration? (local/scp): " MIGRATION_METHOD
+		if [ "$MIGRATION_METHOD" == "local" ]; then
+			read -r -p "Enter the local path to the existing gitea installation: " LOCAL_PATH
+			# check if the LOCAL_PATH is a compessed file
+			if [[ "$LOCAL_PATH" == *.tar.gz || "$LOCAL_PATH" == *.tgz  ]]; then
+				echo "Extracting compressed file ..."
+				sudo tar -xvzf "$LOCAL_PATH" -C .
+				exit 0
+
+			elif [[ "$LOCAL_PATH" == *.zip ]]; then
+				echo "Extracting compressed file ..."
+				sudo unzip "$LOCAL_PATH" -d .
+				exit 0
+			fi
+
+			sudo cp -r "$LOCAL_PATH" .
+			exit 0
+
+		elif [ "$MIGRATION_METHOD" == "scp" ]; then
+			read -r -p "Enter the remote user@host:/destination/of/gitea/: " REMOTE_PATH
+			sudo scp -r "$REMOTE_PATH" .
+			exit 0
+		else
+			echo "Invalid migration method. Exiting setup."
+			exit 0
+		fi
 	fi
 
 else