diff --git a/backups/create_nextcloud_backup.sh b/backups/create_nextcloud_backup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e089ca2..73ca691
--- a/backups/create_nextcloud_backup.sh
+++ b/backups/create_nextcloud_backup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Backup script for Nextcloud in a kubernetes cluster
 
+BACKUP_DEST=/mnt/APPS/git/backups
+
 # Retrieve container names
 nextcloud_container=$( docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep hugocloud-nextcloud_hugocloud-nextcloud )
 database_container=$( docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep hugocloud-postgresql_hugocloud-postgresql )
@@ -13,7 +15,8 @@ docker exec --user www-data "${nextcloud_container}" php occ maintenance:mode --
 
 # Database backup
 >&2 echo "Backing up database"
-docker exec "${database_container}" pg_dump "nextcloud" -cwv -h "localhost" -U "nextcloud" -f nextcloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
+docker exec --env-file ./evars.txt "${database_container}" pg_dump "nextcloud" -cwv -h "localhost" -U "nextcloud" -f /tmp/nextcloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
+docker cp "${database_container}":/tmp/nextcloud-sqlbkp_$(date +"%Y%m%d").bak /mnt/APPS/git/backups
 
 # Turn off maintenance mode
 docker exec --user www-data "${nextcloud_container}" php occ maintenance:mode --off