diff --git a/conf/pg_backup.conf b/conf/pg_backup.conf
index d4437da..64a9044 100644
--- a/conf/pg_backup.conf
+++ b/conf/pg_backup.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Optional system user to run backups as.  If the user the script is running as doesn't match this
 # the script terminates.  Leave blank to skip check.
-BACKUP_USER=
+BACKUP_USER=postgres
 
 # Optional hostname to adhere to pg_hba policies.  Will default to "localhost" if none specified.
 HOSTNAME=
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ USERNAME=
 
 # This dir will be created if it doesn't exist.  This must be writable by the user the script is
 # running as.
-BACKUP_DIR=/home/backups/database/postgresql/
+BACKUP_DIR=/var/backups/database/postgresql/
 
 # List of strings to match against in database name, separated by space or comma, for which we only
 # wish to keep a backup of the schema, not the data. Any database names which contain any of these
diff --git a/script/pg_backup.sh b/script/pg_backup.sh
index c3847a0..ff1fa65 100644
--- a/script/pg_backup.sh
+++ b/script/pg_backup.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ done
 
 if [ $# = 0 ]; then
         SCRIPTPATH=$(cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P)
-        source $SCRIPTPATH/pg_backup.config
+        source $SCRIPTPATH/pg_backup.conf
 fi;
 
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