diff --git a/bin/lamassu-backup-pg b/bin/lamassu-backup-pg
index 152d92e9..5cbd8e8a 100755
--- a/bin/lamassu-backup-pg
+++ b/bin/lamassu-backup-pg
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ DATE=$(date --utc +%F_%H-%M)
 BACKUP_DIR=/var/backups/postgresql
 BACKUP_FILE=$BACKUP_DIR/backup-$DATE.sql.gz
 
+cd ~postgres
 su postgres -c "pg_dump lamassu" | gzip > $BACKUP_FILE
+cd
 find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYS_TO_KEEP -exec rm -f '{}' ';'