diff --git a/helperbot b/helperbot
index 02cafb6..8f2fbe2 100755
--- a/helperbot
+++ b/helperbot
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ function postgres_vacuum_self {
 # reusable step to backup databases - postgres_backup [postgres-db-1] [user_and_db_name] [output_name] [$backup_working_directory]
 function postgres_backup {
     # for some reason, doing a dump *doesn't* require a password apparently. huh
-    docker exec "$1" /bin/bash -c "pg_dump "$2" --username "$2" > /exp/"$3".sql"
-    mv /srv/postgres/exp/$3.sql $4/$3/$3.sql # hardcoded value should be fine but maybe make this dynamic?
+    docker exec "$1" /bin/bash -c "pg_dump "$2" --username "$2" > /mnt/exp/"$3".sql"
+    mv /srv/docker/postgres/exp/$3.sql $4/$3/$3.sql # hardcoded value should be fine but maybe make this dynamic?
 }
 
 # redis snapshot