diff --git a/sqlite_backup b/sqlite_backup
index f0ca27f..78d4892 100755
--- a/sqlite_backup
+++ b/sqlite_backup
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ VERBOSE=1
 #
 # Stuff that should be universal for this install...
 # where we can find this app...
-MAIN_DIR=/home/dave/sqlite_backup
+#MAIN_DIR=/home//sqlite_backup
 # determine today's date
 DATE=`date   '+%Y-%m-%d-%a'`
 # determine today's date
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ if ! [[ $TASK == 'HOURLY' ]] ; then
     create_tmp_email
 fi
 #
-if test -f $MAIN_DIR/$BU_CONF ; then
-    verbose "Reading default in $MAIN_DIR/$BU_CONF"
-    source $MAIN_DIR/$BU_CONF
+if test -f $BU_CONF ; then
+    verbose "Reading default in $BU_CONF"
+    source $BU_CONF
 else
-    message "ERROR: Couldn't find or read $MAIN_DIR/$BU_CONF"
+    message "ERROR: Couldn't find or read $BU_CONF"
     exit 1
 fi
 #
diff --git a/sqlite_backup-cron b/sqlite_backup-cron
index dd31a4a..4c81473 100644
--- a/sqlite_backup-cron
+++ b/sqlite_backup-cron
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 # run system backups
 #
 # hourly - at 5 minutes past mon-sat
-05 * * * * root /home/data/scripts/sqlite-backup/sqlite_backup --hourly 
+05 * * * * root cd /home/data/[bw_dir]/scripts/sqlite-backup && ./sqlite_backup --hourly 
 #
 # daily - at 7:30 pm, mon-sat
-30 19 * * * root /home/data/scripts/sqlite-backup/sqlite_backup --daily
+30 19 * * * root /home/data/[bw_dir]/scripts/sqlite-backup && ./sqlite_backup --daily
 #
 # weekly - at 7:30 pm, sun
-30 19 * * sun root /home/data/scripts/sqlite-backup/sqlite_backup --weekly
+30 19 * * sun root /home/data/[bw_dir]/scripts/sqlite-backup && ./sqlite_backup --weekly
 #
 # monthly - at 8:30 pm, on the first of the last of the month
-30 20 1 * * root /home/data/scripts/sqlite-backup/sqlite_backup --monthly
+30 20 1 * * root /home/data/[bw_dir]/scripts/sqlite-backup && ./sqlite_backup --monthly
 #
 # yearly - at 8:30 pm, on the first of January.
-30 20 1 1 * root /home/data/scripts/sqlite-backup/sqlite_backup --yearly
+30 20 1 1 * root /home/data/[bw_dir]/scripts/sqlite-backup && ./sqlite_backup --yearly
diff --git a/sqlite_backup.conf-sample b/sqlite_backup.conf-sample
index 6f80389..7f15be0 100644
--- a/sqlite_backup.conf-sample
+++ b/sqlite_backup.conf-sample
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 #
 # SQL dump backup directory
 #
+MAIN_DIR=/path/to/base/directory
 # backup file details
-BU_DIR=/path/to/directory/for/backups
+BU_DIR=$MAIN_DIR/backups
 # each backup will start with this basename
 BU_FROOT=preferred-basename
 #
 # location of sqlite database
-DB_DIR=/path/to/database/directory
+DB_DIR=$MAIN_DIR/data
 DB_FILE=your-db.sqlite3
 #
-# docker compose settings
-DC_DIR=/path/to/directory/containing/your/docker-compose.yml 
-# this is the name at the top of your docker-compose.yml stanza describing the container running SQLite
-DC_CONT=name_of_your_container
-#
 # Reporting
 #
 # email address to send reports to, and subject