diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index c6c6ea9a..29e4d2b5 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="22"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="23"
 
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
@@ -8,20 +8,38 @@ BLUE='\033[0;34m'
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 NC='\033[0m'
 
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo -ne "\033[0;31mDo NOT run this script as root. Exiting.\e[0m\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if [[ $* == *--schedule* ]]; then
     (
         crontab -l 2>/dev/null
         echo "0 0 * * * /rmm/backup.sh --auto"
     ) | crontab -
+    
+     if [ ! -d /rmmbackups ]; then
+        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups
+    fi
+    
+    if [ ! -d /rmmbackups/daily ]; then
+        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups/daily
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d /rmmbackups/weekly ]; then
+        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups/weekly
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d /rmmbackups/monthly ]; then
+        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups/monthly
+    fi
+    sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} -R /rmmbackups
+    
     printf >&2 "${GREEN}Backups setup to run at midnight and rotate.${NC}\n"
     exit 0
 fi
 
-if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo -ne "\033[0;31mDo NOT run this script as root. Exiting.\e[0m\n"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ ! -d /rmmbackups ]; then
     sudo mkdir /rmmbackups
     sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} /rmmbackups
@@ -80,21 +98,6 @@ cp /rmm/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/local_settings.py ${tmp_dir}/rmm/
 
 if [[ $* == *--auto* ]]; then
 
-    if [ ! -d /rmmbackups/daily ]; then
-        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups/daily
-        sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} /rmmbackups/daily
-    fi
-
-    if [ ! -d /rmmbackups/weekly ]; then
-        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups/weekly
-        sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} /rmmbackups/weekly
-    fi
-
-    if [ ! -d /rmmbackups/monthly ]; then
-        sudo mkdir /rmmbackups/monthly
-        sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} /rmmbackups/monthly
-    fi
-
     month_day=$(date +"%d")
     week_day=$(date +"%u")
 
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index ffe027ae..f5193687 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="143"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="144"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/master/update.sh'
 LATEST_SETTINGS_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amidaware/tacticalrmm/master/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} -R ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
 sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} /var/log/celery
 sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} -R /etc/conf.d/
 sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} -R /etc/letsencrypt
+sudo chown ${USER}:${USER} -R /rmmbackups
+
 
 CHECK_CELERY_CONFIG=$(grep "autoscale=20,2" /etc/conf.d/celery.conf)
 if ! [[ $CHECK_CELERY_CONFIG ]]; then