diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index a9d0273..4b957fb 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]
+then
+  echo "script is run by kanboard user now, this cronjob is obsolete"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 cd $DIR
 . ./.env
 # stop the containers to make sure the data doesn't change during backup.
-XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1002 su synthikat -c "podman stop wordpress_wordpress_1 wordpress_db_1"
+podman stop wordpress_wordpress_1 wordpress_db_1
 
 # Example backup command:
 # backup: is the remote backup server, defined in ~/.ssh/config - ends with a :
 # repositories-borg/synthikat is the path on the remote server - ends with a ::
 # 'backup{now:%Y%m%d}' is the backup name, this includes today's date in the name
 # the rest are the file paths. You can append as many as you want.
-borg create --stats --progress cyberbackup:repositories-borg/synthikat::'backup{now:%Y%m%d-%M}' ../wp-content ../db_data
+podman unshare borg create --stats --progress cyberbackup:repositories-borg/synthikat::'backup{now:%Y%m%d-%M}' ../wp-content ../db_data
 
 # restart the containers
-XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1002 su synthikat -c "podman start wordpress_wordpress_1 wordpress_db_1"
+podman start wordpress_wordpress_1 wordpress_db_1
 
 # Delete all the backups which are too old, to save space in the long term.
 borg prune --keep-daily=7 --keep-weekly=4 cyberbackup:repositories-borg/synthikat