diff --git a/files/update_mastodon.sh b/files/update_mastodon.sh
index ab2104e..81d0bc5 100755
--- a/files/update_mastodon.sh
+++ b/files/update_mastodon.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,16 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
+if [ -z "${token}" ]; then
+    echo "You must provide a Github token"
+    exit 4
+fi
 if [ "${tag}" == "latest" ]; then
     tag=$(curl -L -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" https://api.github.com/repos/mastodon/mastodon/releases/latest | jq '.tag_name')
 else
+    if [ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]; then
+        echo "Looking for tag '${tag}'..."
+    fi
     next_page=https://api.github.com/repos/mastodon/mastodon/releases
     releases_file=$(mktemp /tmp/tmp.XXXX)
     while [ -z "${next_page}" ]
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ else
         next_page=$(grep '< link: ' "${tmpfile}" | sed 's/< link: //g' | sed 's/, /\n/g' | grep 'rel="next"' | grep -o 'https://[^>]*')
     done
     if ! pgrep "${tag}" "${releases_file}"; then
-        printf "The tag '%s' is not part of the releases:\n%s" "${tag}" "${releases}"
+        echo "The tag '%s' is not part of the releases:\n%s" "${tag}" "${releases}"
         exit 1
     fi
 fi
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ else
     pre_command=""
 fi
 
-mastodon_home=$(grep "^mastodon:" /etc/passwd | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} {print($7)}')
+mastodon_home=$(grep "^mastodon:" /etc/passwd | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} {print($6)}')
 if [ ! -d "${mastodon_home}" ]; then
     printf "The home for the user mastodon '%s', doesn't exist." "${mastodon_home}"
     exit 2
@@ -81,7 +88,12 @@ cd "${mastodon_home}" || exit 3
 "${pre_command}" sudo -u mastodon git fetch
 "${pre_command}" sudo -u mastodon git checkout "${tag}"
 current_date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)
-"${pre_command}" sudo -u postgres pg_dump mastodon > "/var/backup/pgdump_pre_update_mastodon_to_${tag}_${current_date}.sql"
+mkdir -p /var/backups/postgres
+if [ "${dummy}" == "true" ]; then
+    echo "sudo -u postgres pg_dump mastodon | gzip -c > \"/var/backups/postgres/pgdump_pre_update_mastodon_to_${tag}_${current_date}.sql.gz\""
+else
+    sudo -u postgres pg_dump mastodon | gzip -c > "/var/backups/postgres/pgdump_pre_update_mastodon_to_${tag}_${current_date}.sql.gz"
+fi
 "${pre_command}" sudo -u mastodon bundle install
 "${pre_command}" sudo -u mastodon yarn install --frozen-lockfile
 "${pre_command}" sudo systemctl restart mastodon-sidekiq.service mastodon-web.service mastodon-streaming mastodon-streaming@4000.service