diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 93113262..f03d84dd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,12 +8,3 @@ COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 COPY ./bookwyrm /app
 COPY ./celerywyrm /app
-
-# crontab
-COPY ./db_backup.sh /app
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install cron
-COPY db-backups-cron /etc/cron.d/db-backups-cron
-RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/db-backups-cron
-RUN crontab /etc/cron.d/db-backups-cron
-RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
-CMD cron && tail -f /var/log/cron.log
diff --git a/db-backups-cron b/db-backups-cron
deleted file mode 100644
index d42df0e2..00000000
--- a/db-backups-cron
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0 0 * * * /app/db_bashup.sh
diff --git a/db_backup.sh b/db_backup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bff79f9a..00000000
--- a/db_backup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-filename=backup__$(date +%F)
-pg_dump -U fedireads | gzip > $filename.gz
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 29ec83ee..169a7174 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ services:
             - static_volume:/app/static
             - media_volume:/app/images
     db:
-        image: postgres
+        build: postgres-docker
         env_file: .env
         volumes:
           - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+          - backups:/backups
         networks:
             - main
     web:
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ services:
         restart: on-failure
 volumes:
     pgdata:
+    backups:
     static_volume:
     media_volume:
 networks:
diff --git a/postgres-docker/Dockerfile b/postgres-docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7217826b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres-docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM postgres:latest
+
+# crontab
+RUN mkdir /backups
+COPY ./db_backup.sh /backups
+COPY ./db-backups-cron /etc/cron.d/db-backups-cron
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install cron
+RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/db-backups-cron
+RUN crontab /etc/cron.d/db-backups-cron
+RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
diff --git a/postgres-docker/db-backups-cron b/postgres-docker/db-backups-cron
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..952c66ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres-docker/db-backups-cron
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+0 0 * * * /backups/db_bashup.sh
+
diff --git a/postgres-docker/db_backup.sh b/postgres-docker/db_backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ef0e706d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres-docker/db_backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+filename=backup__$(date +%F)
+pg_dump -U fedireads  > $filename.sql