diff --git a/stacks/backup/README.md b/stacks/backup/README.md
index d554f2d..68a4cb0 100644
--- a/stacks/backup/README.md
+++ b/stacks/backup/README.md
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ Kopia → Backblaze B2. Backs up `/config`, **selected** `labdata` paths (see `S
    - `KOPIA_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD` — `openssl rand -hex 32`
    - `B2_KEY_ID`, `B2_APPLICATION_KEY`, `B2_BUCKET`, `B2_ENDPOINT`
 
-3. **Host paths** (auto-created on first start if missing)
-   - `/config/kopia/{config,cache,logs}`
-   - `/config/backup/dumps`
+3. **Host paths**
+   - `/config/kopia/{config,cache,logs}` — Kopia state
+   - `/config/backup/dumps` — nightly SQL dumps
+   - `/config/backup/{init-kopia.sh,snapshot-paths.txt,crontab,scripts/}` — copied from this repo (Portainer CE cannot bind-mount relative git paths; sync after editing those files)
 
 4. **Register** new Portainer git stack → `stacks/backup` (one-time)
 
diff --git a/stacks/backup/docker-compose.yml b/stacks/backup/docker-compose.yml
index ea02a8d..7172930 100644
--- a/stacks/backup/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/stacks/backup/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ services:
       - /storage1/labdata/romhacks/metadata:/backup/labdata/romhacks/metadata:ro
       - /storage1/labdata/romhacks/library:/backup/labdata/romhacks/library:ro
       - /storage1/labdata/romm/assets:/backup/labdata/romm/assets:ro
-      - ./init-kopia.sh:/init-kopia.sh:ro
-      - ./snapshot-paths.txt:/snapshot-paths.txt:ro
+      - /config/backup/init-kopia.sh:/init-kopia.sh:ro
+      - /config/backup/snapshot-paths.txt:/snapshot-paths.txt:ro
     ports:
       - "51515:51515"
     entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "/init-kopia.sh"]
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
       - /config/backup/dumps:/dumps
-      - ./scripts/backup-dump-databases.sh:/scripts/backup-dump-databases.sh:ro
-      - ./scripts/backup-run-snapshots.sh:/scripts/backup-run-snapshots.sh:ro
-      - ./snapshot-paths.txt:/snapshot-paths.txt:ro
-      - ./crontab:/etc/crontab:ro
+      - /config/backup/scripts/backup-dump-databases.sh:/scripts/backup-dump-databases.sh:ro
+      - /config/backup/scripts/backup-run-snapshots.sh:/scripts/backup-run-snapshots.sh:ro
+      - /config/backup/snapshot-paths.txt:/snapshot-paths.txt:ro
+      - /config/backup/crontab:/etc/crontab:ro
     entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
     command:
       - |