diff --git a/functions/update_peertube.fish b/functions/update_peertube.fish
index 44fe44a..5c5e8d8 100644
--- a/functions/update_peertube.fish
+++ b/functions/update_peertube.fish
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ function update_peertube
     set -g BACKUP_PATH "$BACKUP_DIR/sql-peertube_prod-"(date -Im)".bak"
     echo_progress "Backup path will be: "
     echo_highlight "$BACKUP_PATH" \n
-    
-    if not test -d "$BACKUP_DIR"
-        echo_progress "Creating backup dir..." \n
-        mkdir -p backup
-    end
-
-    echo_progress "Dumping the database to the backup dir..."
-    pg_dump -F custom "peertube_prod" > "$BACKUP_PATH"
 
     set -g LATEST (curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chocobozzz/peertube/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4) 
     echo_progress "Updating to Peertube "
@@ -38,6 +30,12 @@ function update_peertube
 
     confirm
 
+    echo_progress "Creating backup dir..." \n
+    mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
+
+    echo_progress "Dumping the database to the backup dir..."
+    pg_dump -F custom "peertube_prod" > "$BACKUP_PATH"
+
     set -g VERSIONS_DIR "$INSTALL_DIR/versions"
     echo_progress "Versions dir is: "
     echo_highlight "$VERSIONS_DIR" \n