diff --git a/backup-db.sh b/backup-db.sh
index 1817d22..ad7d39d 100755
--- a/backup-db.sh
+++ b/backup-db.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,65 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# timestamp for backups
-NOW=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S')
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CONFIGURATION
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# how many days of backups to keep
+RETENTION_DAYS=7
+
+# where to store backups
 BACKUPDIR=/home/oster/server/backup
 
-echo "Creating SQL files..."
-docker exec -t immich_postgres pg_dumpall --clean --if-exists --username=postgres | gzip > $BACKUPDIR/$NOW-immich.sql.gz
-docker exec -t authentik-postgresql-1 pg_dumpall --clean --if-exists --username=authentik | gzip > $BACKUPDIR/$NOW-authentik.sql.gz
-docker exec -t paperless-db-1 pg_dumpall --clean --if-exists --username=paperless | gzip > $BACKUPDIR/$NOW-paperless.sql.gz
-echo "finished."
\ No newline at end of file
+# timestamp format for this run
+NOW=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S')
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# LOGGING FUNCTION
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log() {
+  echo "[$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $*"
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# PREPARE
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log "Starting backup run at $NOW"
+mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR"
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DATABASE BACKUP FUNCTION
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Usage: backup_db <docker-container-name> <db-username> <output-prefix>
+backup_db() {
+  local container="$1"
+  local db_user="$2"
+  local label="$3"
+  local outfile="${BACKUPDIR}/${NOW}-${label}.sql.gz"
+
+  log "  Backing up ${label} (container: ${container}, user: ${db_user}) → ${outfile}"
+  docker exec -t "${container}" \
+    pg_dumpall --clean --if-exists --username="${db_user}" \
+    | gzip > "${outfile}"
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# RUN THE BACKUPS
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+backup_db immich_postgres          postgres    immich
+backup_db authentik-postgresql-1  authentik   authentik
+backup_db paperless-db-1          paperless   paperless
+
+log "All database dumps completed."
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ROTATE OLD BACKUPS
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log "Removing backups older than ${RETENTION_DAYS} days from ${BACKUPDIR}"
+find "${BACKUPDIR}" \
+     -maxdepth 1 \
+     -type f \
+     -name '*.sql.gz' \
+     -mtime +${RETENTION_DAYS} \
+     -print -exec rm -f {} \;
+
+log "Backup rotation complete. Exiting."
diff --git a/immich-app/docker-compose.yml b/immich-app/docker-compose.yml
index d0f0301..be2a3c2 100644
--- a/immich-app/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/immich-app/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ services:
       - ./data/pictures:/Pictures
       - ./data/pictures:/Pictures-linked
       - ./data/mobile-pictures:/mobile-pictures
-      - /mnt/test:/test
     env_file:
       - .env
     ports: