diff --git a/scripts/backup_forgejo_db.sh b/scripts/backup_forgejo_db.sh
index eb7196f..0717009 100755
--- a/scripts/backup_forgejo_db.sh
+++ b/scripts/backup_forgejo_db.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 
 FORGEJO_MYSQL_CONTAINER="forgejo-db"
 BACKUP_DIRECTORY="$HOME/backups_to_download/forgejo/"
-source $HOME/.env
+source "$HOME/.env"
 
 echo "INFO Creating compressed backup of ${FORGEJO_MYSQL_CONTAINER}"
 
-docker exec ${FORGEJO_MYSQL_CONTAINER} mysqldump --all-databases -u root -p$FORGEJO_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD | gzip >"${BACKUP_DIRECTORY}$(date +%Y%m%d)".sql.gz
+rm "$HOME/backups/forgejo/*"
+
+sleep 1
+
+docker exec $FORGEJO_MYSQL_CONTAINER \
+	mysqldump --all-databases -u root -p$FORGEJO_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD | gzip >"${BACKUP_DIRECTORY}$(date +%Y%m%d)".sql.gz