diff --git a/varbackup b/varbackup
index 5cadc7c..3a6db25 100755
--- a/varbackup
+++ b/varbackup
@@ -23,27 +23,28 @@ while getopts ":hs" option; do
 done
 
 # main program
-currDir="$(pwd)/backup/var/"
+BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")/../../..
+BACKUPDIR=$BASEDIR/backup/var/
 
-if [ ! -d "$currDir" ]; then
-  [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating backup directory ${currDir}"
-  mkdir -p "${currDir}" 
+if [ ! -d "$BACKUPDIR" ]; then
+  [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating backup directory ${BACKUPDIR}"
+  mkdir -p "${BACKUPDIR}" 
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f "${currDir}../rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
   [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating config file"
-  printf "${currDir}var.tar.gz {\nrotate 100\n}" > ${currDir}/../rotatemap_var.conf
+  printf "${BACKUPDIR}var.tar.gz {\nrotate 100\n}" > ${BACKUPDIR}/../rotatemap_var.conf
 fi
 
 [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "pack var directory"
-tar -cf ${currDir}var.new.tar ./var;
+tar -cf ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar ./var;
 
-if [ ! -f "${currDir}var.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${currDir}var.tar ${currDir}var.new.tar)" ]; then
-  gzip -c ${currDir}var.tar > ${currDir}var.tar.gz
-  logrotate -f -s "${currDir}../rotatemap_var.state" "${currDir}../rotatemap_var.conf"
-  mv ${currDir}var.new.tar ${currDir}var.tar
+if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}var.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar)" ]; then
+  gzip -c ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar > ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar.gz
+  logrotate -f -s ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.state ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf
+  mv ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar
 else
-  rm ${currDir}var.new.tar
+  rm ${BACKUPDIR}var.new.tar
 fi
 
 [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "finished"