diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c06ccf7..be861f9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ ENV CRON_TIME="0 3 * * sun" \
     TIMEOUT="10s" \
     MYSQLDUMP_OPTS="--quick"
 
-COPY ["run.sh", "backup.sh", "restore.sh", "/"]
+COPY ["run.sh", "backup.sh", "restore.sh", "/delete.sh", "/"]
 RUN mkdir /backup && \
     chmod 777 /backup && \ 
-    chmod 755 /run.sh /backup.sh /restore.sh && \
+    chmod 755 /run.sh /backup.sh /restore.sh /delete.sh && \
     touch /mysql_backup.log && \
     chmod 666 /mysql_backup.log
 
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 33ff1b1..70f7761 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -46,13 +46,7 @@ do
       cd /backup || exit && ln -s "$BASENAME" "$(basename "$LATEST")"
       if [ -n "$MAX_BACKUPS" ]
       then
-        while [ "$(find /backup -maxdepth 1 -name "*.$db.sql$EXT" -type f | wc -l)" -gt "$MAX_BACKUPS" ]
-        do
-          TARGET=$(find /backup -maxdepth 1 -name "*.$db.sql$EXT" -type f | sort | head -n 1)
-          echo "==> Max number of ($MAX_BACKUPS) backups reached. Deleting ${TARGET} ..."
-          rm -rf "${TARGET}"
-          echo "==> Backup ${TARGET} deleted"
-        done
+        exec /delete.sh
       fi
     else
       rm -rf "$FILENAME"
diff --git a/delete.sh b/delete.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..59f138c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/delete.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+while [ "$(find /backup -maxdepth 1 -name "*.$db.sql$EXT" -type f | wc -l)" -gt "$MAX_BACKUPS" ]
+do
+    TARGET=$(find /backup -maxdepth 1 -name "*.$db.sql$EXT" -type f | sort | head -n 1)
+    echo "==> Max number of ($MAX_BACKUPS) backups reached. Deleting ${TARGET} ..."
+    rm -rf "${TARGET}"
+    echo "==> Backup ${TARGET} deleted"
+done
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