diff --git a/lxc_backup.sh b/lxc_backup.sh
index cc57cb1..76d70bc 100755
--- a/lxc_backup.sh
+++ b/lxc_backup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #this script makes a copy of each container and backups afterwards the copies
 #set -x
 
-backuppath='/home/rick-monitoring/backup/'
+backuppath='/srv/backUP/lxc/'
 backupuser='rick-monitoring'
 lxccmd='/snap/bin/lxc'
 
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ do
 	${lxccmd} delete ${container}-backup
 done
 
+#housekeeping - keep last 38 days
+find ${backuppath} -mtime +38 -exec rm -f ${backuppath}/{} \;
+
 #own data for backupuser
 chown -R ${backupuser}:${backupuser} ${backuppath}