diff --git a/pg_db_dump_file.sh b/pg_db_dump_file.sh
index bc040ee..348c7bb 100755
--- a/pg_db_dump_file.sh
+++ b/pg_db_dump_file.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ LOG_PATH='';
 # base path for PostgreSQL binary
 # DBPATH_BASE='';
 # defaults
-_BACKUPDIR='/mnt/backup/db_dumps_fc/';
+_BACKUPDIR='';
 _DB_VERSION=$(
 	pgv=$(
 		pg_dump --version | grep "pg_dump" | cut -d " " -f 3
@@ -324,11 +324,10 @@ if [ ! -f "${PG_PSQL}" ] || [ ! -f "${PG_DUMP}" ] || [ ! -f "${PG_DUMPALL}" ]; t
 	exit 0;
 fi;
 
-if [ ! -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ] ; then
-	if ! mkdir "${BACKUPDIR}" ; then
-		echo "Cannot create backup directory: ${BACKUPDIR}"
-		exit 0;
-	fi
+# not directory or length is zero
+if [ ! -d "${BACKUPDIR}" ] || [ -z "${BACKUPDIR}" ]; then
+	echo "Backup directory does not exist: ${BACKUPDIR}";
+	exit 0;
 fi
 # check if we can write into that folder
 touch "${BACKUPDIR}/tmpfile" || echo "[!] touch failed";
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}/tmpfile" ]; then
 	echo "Cannot write to ${BACKUPDIR}";
 	exit 0;
 else
-	rm -f "${BACKUPDIR}/tmpfile";
+	rm "${BACKUPDIR}/tmpfile";
 fi;
 # if backupdir is "." rewrite to pwd
 if [ "${BACKUPDIR}" == '.' ]; then