diff --git a/lxc_backup.sh b/lxc_backup.sh
index c18e88c..e744ea5 100755
--- a/lxc_backup.sh
+++ b/lxc_backup.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ fi
 #only backup container which contain a 1 at the end of the line
 for container in $(${lxccmd} list --format csv -c n | grep  "1$");
 do 
-	${lxccmd} copy ${container} ${container}-backup
-	${lxccmd} export ${container}-backup ${backuppath}$(date +%Y_%m_%d)-lxc-${container}.tar.gz --instance-only --optimized-storage
-	${lxccmd} delete ${container}-backup
+	${lxccmd} stop ${container}
+	${lxccmd} export ${container} ${backuppath}$(date +%Y_%m_%d)-lxc-${container}.tar.gz --instance-only --optimized-storage
+	${lxccmd} start ${container}
 done
 
 #housekeeping - keep last 14 days