diff --git a/module.tf b/module.tf
index c344e8d..47443d9 100644
--- a/module.tf
+++ b/module.tf
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ variable "database_backup_info" {
     }
     sqlserver = {
       image   = "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql-tools"
-      command = "/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S $DB_HOST -U $DB_USERNAME -P $DB_PASSWORD -Q \"BACKUP DATABASE $DB_DATABASE_NAME TO DISK = '/tmp/SQLTestDB.bak' WITH  COPY_ONLY, CHECKSUM,FORMAT, MEDIANAME = 'SQLServerBackups',NAME = 'Full Backup of SQLTestDB'\""
-
+      command = "/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S $DB_HOST -U $DB_USERNAME -P $DB_PASSWORD -Q \"BACKUP DATABASE $DB_DATABASE_NAME TO DISK = '/backup/$DB_DATABASE_NAME-$(date +%Y%m%d).bak' WITH  COPY_ONLY, CHECKSUM,FORMAT, MEDIANAME = 'SQLServerBackups',NAME = 'Full Backup of SQLTestDB'\";exit"
     }
   }
 }
@@ -416,6 +415,13 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
             }
           }
 
+          dynamic "volume_mount" {
+            for_each = try(each.value.database.engine == "sqlserver", false) && try(each.value.database.shunt, false) ? [1] : []
+            content {
+              mount_path = "/backup"
+              name       = "${each.key}-db-backup"
+            }
+          }
 
           dynamic "env_from" {
             for_each = each.value.secret_ref != null ? each.value.secret_ref : []
@@ -454,18 +460,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
             }
           }
 
-          #        dynamic "command" {
-          #          for_each = each.value.command != null ? [1] : []
-          #          content {
-          #            [each.value.command]
-          #          }
-
-          #        }
-          #    command = each.value.command != null ? {
-          #      [each.value.command]
-          #    } : {}
-
-
           command = each.value.command != null ? each.value.command : []
 
 
@@ -482,7 +476,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
                     content {
                       name = env.value.value_from.secret_key_ref.name
                       key  = env.value.value_from.secret_key_ref.key
-                      #                      optional = true
                     }
                   }
                 }
@@ -505,16 +498,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
             }
           }
 
-          #          resources {
-          #            limits = {
-          #              cpu    = each.value.requirements.limits-cpu
-          #              memory = each.value.requirements.limits-memory
-          #            }
-          #            requests = {
-          #              cpu    = each.value.requirements.requests-cpu
-          #              memory = each.value.requirements.requests-memory
-          #            }
-          #          }
 
           dynamic "security_context" {
             for_each = each.value.security_context == true ? [1] : []
@@ -592,6 +575,16 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "automatic" {
 
           }
         }
+        dynamic "volume" {
+          for_each = try(each.value.database.engine == "sqlserver", false) && try(each.value.database.shunt, false) ? [1] : []
+          content {
+            name = "${each.key}-db-backup"
+
+            persistent_volume_claim {
+              claim_name = "${each.key}-db-backup"
+            }
+          }
+        }
 
       }
     }
@@ -648,6 +641,14 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "database-automatic" {
             name       = "${each.key}-db-pvc"
           }
 
+          dynamic "volume_mount" {
+            for_each = try(each.value.database.engine == "sqlserver", false) && !(try(each.value.database.shunt, false)) ? [1] : []
+            content {
+              mount_path = "/backup"
+              name       = "${each.key}-db-backup"
+            }
+          }
+
           command = try([each.value.database.command], [])
           #command = [try(each.value.database.command,"")]
 
@@ -686,40 +687,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "database-automatic" {
           }
 
 
-          #          resources {
-          #            limits = {
-          #              cpu    = each.value.requirements.limits-cpu
-          #              memory = each.value.requirements.limits-memory
-          #            }
-          #            requests = {
-          #              cpu    = each.value.requirements.requests-cpu
-          #              memory = each.value.requirements.requests-memory
-          #            }
-          #          }
-
-          #          dynamic "liveness_probe" {
-          #            for_each = each.value.liveness_tcp_socket != null || each.value.liveness_http_get != null ? [""] : []
-          #           content {
-          #              dynamic "tcp_socket" {
-          #                for_each = each.value.liveness_tcp_socket != null ? [""] : []
-          #                content {
-          #                  port = each.value.liveness_tcp_socket
-          #                }
-          #              }
-
-
-          #              dynamic "http_get" {
-          #                for_each = each.value.liveness_http_get != null ? [""] : []
-          #                content {
-          #                  port = each.value.liveness_http_get
-          #                  path = coalesce(each.value.liveness_http_get_path, "/")
-          #                }
-          #              }
-
-          #              initial_delay_seconds = 3
-          #              period_seconds        = 3
-          #            }
-          #          }
         }
 
 
@@ -730,6 +697,17 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "database-automatic" {
           }
         }
 
+        dynamic "volume" {
+          for_each = try(each.value.database.engine == "sqlserver", false) && !(try(each.value.database.shunt, false)) ? [1] : []
+          content {
+            name = "${each.key}-db-backup"
+
+            persistent_volume_claim {
+              claim_name = "${each.key}-db-backup"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/variables.auto.tfvars b/variables.auto.tfvars
index c9da746..b1a6ed4 100644
--- a/variables.auto.tfvars
+++ b/variables.auto.tfvars
@@ -2285,8 +2285,8 @@ kubernetes = {
     config_map_ref      = ["mssql.env", "uid.env", "mssql.override.env"]
     environment         = {}
     database = {
-      "shunt"  = "true"
-      "engine" = "sqlserver"
+      shunt  = "true"
+      engine = "sqlserver"
       username = "sa"
       host     = "bitwarden-mssql-svc"
       name     = "bitwarden_vault"