diff --git a/backup-synapse.sh b/backup-synapse.sh
index 974f25f..fc177fa 100755
--- a/backup-synapse.sh
+++ b/backup-synapse.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 ### CONFIG ###
 DATE=$(date +%F)
+
+# for deleting older files
+DRY_RUN=false
+KEEP_COUNT=1
 #BASE_BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/backups/synapse"
 BASE_BACKUP_DIR="/mnt/disk/backups/synapse"
 BACKUP_DIR="$BASE_BACKUP_DIR/$DATE"
@@ -18,18 +22,51 @@ NGINX_DIR="/etc/nginx"
 LETSENCRYPT_DIR="/etc/letsencrypt"
 
 
-### remove old files ###
-cd $BASE_BACKUP_DIR
-echo "▶ Running cleanup script ..."
-
-./cleanup-backups.sh --run
-
-### PREP ###
+### Startup Info ###
 echo "📦 Synapse backup started"
 echo "📅 Date: $DATE"
+echo "📁 Base Backups dir: $BASE_BACKUP_DIR"
 echo "📁 Backup dir: $BACKUP_DIR"
 echo
 
+### remove old files ###
+cd $BASE_BACKUP_DIR
+echo "▶ cleanup older backup files ..."
+
+cd $BASE_BACKUP_DIR
+
+# Count the number of existing backups
+TOTAL_BACKUPS=$(find . -name 'full-backup-*.tar.gz' | wc -l)
+echo "Existing backup files ($TOTAL_BACKUPS) :"
+# Find all full-backup-*.tar.gz files and list them
+find . -name 'full-backup-*.tar.gz'| sort -k2,2 -t. -n -r | while IFS= read -r file; do
+  echo "- $file"
+done
+echo 
+
+# Find and list files that should be removed
+echo "Files that will be deleted:"
+files_to_delete=()
+while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' dir; do
+  files_to_delete+=("$dir")
+  echo "- $dir"
+done < <(find . -name 'full-backup-*.tar.gz' -newermt "$(( $KEEP_COUNT+1 )) days ago" ! -newermt "$KEEP_COUNT days ago" -print0)
+echo
+
+# Delete the files in dry-run mode or actually delete them
+for file in "${files_to_delete[@]}"; do
+  if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+  echo "Will be deleted (Dry-Run): $file"
+  else
+    rm "$file"
+    echo "Deleted $file"
+  fi
+done
+echo
+
+echo "Cleanup completed."
+
+### PREP ###
 mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
 
 cd "$SYNAPSE_DIR"
@@ -89,7 +126,6 @@ echo "✅ Full archive created"
 echo
 
 ### Remove the backup dir after full archive
-cd $BASE_BACKUP_DIR
 
 echo "📦 Removing the Backup directory: $DATE"
 sudo rm -r $BACKUP_DIR
diff --git a/cleanup-backups.sh b/cleanup-backups.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 61d9455..0000000
--- a/cleanup-backups.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-### CONFIG ###
-DATE=$(date +%F)
-#BACKUPS_DIR="$HOME/backups/synapse"
-BACKUPS_DIR="/mnt/disk/backups/synapse"
-DRY_RUN=true
-KEEP_COUNT=1
-
-# Function to display usage information
-usage() {
-  echo "Usage: $0 [--run]"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-# Parse command-line arguments
-for arg in "$@"; do
-  case $arg in
-    --run)
-      DRY_RUN=false
-      shift
-      ;;
-    *)
-      usage
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-### 8️⃣ Optional: Full combined archiveve (run with sudo)
-echo "📅 Date: $DATE"
-echo "📁 Backups dir: $BACKUPS_DIR"
-echo "📦 Start reading backup files..."
-echo
-
-
-TIMESTAMP_FILE="$BACKUPS_DIR/backup_timestamps.txt"
-
-# Check if the backups directory exists
-if [ ! -d "$BACKUPS_DIR" ]; then
-  echo "Backup directory does not exist: $BACKUPS_DIR"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
-cd $BACKUPS_DIR
-
-# Count the number of existing backups
-TOTAL_BACKUPS=$(find . -name 'full-backup-*.tar.gz' | wc -l)
-echo "Existing backup files ($TOTAL_BACKUPS) :"
-# Find all full-backup-*.tar.gz files and list them
-find . -name 'full-backup-*.tar.gz'| sort -k2,2 -t. -n -r | while IFS= read -r file; do
-  echo "- $file"
-done
-echo 
-
-
-# Find and list files that should be removed
-echo "Files that will be deleted:"
-files_to_delete=()
-while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' dir; do
-  files_to_delete+=("$dir")
-  echo "- $dir"
-done < <(find . -name 'full-backup-*.tar.gz' -mtime +$KEEP_COUNT -print0)
-echo
-
-# Prompt for confirmation if not in dry-run mode
-#if [ "$DRY_RUN" = false ]; then
-#  read -p "Do you want to delete these files? (y/n): " confirm
-#  if [[ $confirm != [yY] ]]; then
-#    echo "Deletion cancelled."
-#    exit 0
-#  fi
-#  echo
-#fi
-
-# Delete the files in dry-run mode or actually delete them
-for file in "${files_to_delete[@]}"; do
-  if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
-  echo "Will be deleted (Dry-Run): $file"
-  else
-    rm "$file"
-    echo "Deleted $file"
-  fi
-done
-echo
-
-# Update the timestamp file (optional, but good practice)
-if [ "$DRY_RUN" = false ]; then
-  echo "$(date +%F)" > "$BACKUPS_DIR/backup_timestamps.txt"
-fi
-
-echo "Cleanup completed."