diff --git a/static/docker_overlay2.sh b/static/docker_overlay2.sh
index 1db726b5..70132dfa 100644
--- a/static/docker_overlay2.sh
+++ b/static/docker_overlay2.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ debug_mode
 # https://www.techandme.se/changes-to-docker-ce-in-the-nextcloud-vm/
 # Credits to: https://gist.github.com/hydra1983/22b2bed38b4f5f56caa87c830c96378d
 
-if [ ! -d $NCDATA ]
-then
-    DOCKERBACKUP=/var/DOCKERBACKUP
-fi
+DOCKERBACKUP=$(grep "datadir" $NCPATH/config/config.php | awk '{print $3}' | sed "s/[',]//g")/DOCKERBACKUP
 
 readonly DB_FILE="$DOCKERBACKUP/images.db"
 readonly IMG_DIR="$DOCKERBACKUP/images"