diff --git a/deployer/symfony/config/set.php b/deployer/symfony/config/set.php
index 97c170b..0a32a7e 100644
--- a/deployer/symfony/config/set.php
+++ b/deployer/symfony/config/set.php
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
 // Prod deployment, add backup
 task('database:backup')->select('prod');
 before('deploy:database:update', 'database:backup');
-set('sync_database_backup_config', __DIR__ . '/.deployment/db-sync-tool/backup-prod.yaml');
+set('sync_database_backup_config', './.deployment/db-sync-tool/backup-prod.yaml');
diff --git a/deployer/sync/config/set.php b/deployer/sync/config/set.php
index ca4648d..35fe856 100644
--- a/deployer/sync/config/set.php
+++ b/deployer/sync/config/set.php
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 namespace Deployer;
 
+set('db_sync_tool', 'db_sync_tool'); # set to false, to disable db backup
 #set('sync_database_backup_config', null);
diff --git a/deployer/sync/task/database_backup.php b/deployer/sync/task/database_backup.php
index 96664f7..6660ecc 100644
--- a/deployer/sync/task/database_backup.php
+++ b/deployer/sync/task/database_backup.php
@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@
 
     $optionalVerbose = isVerbose() ? '-v' : '';
 
+    if (false === get('db_sync_tool')) {
+        debug('Skipping database backup, db_sync_tool was disabled');
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (commandExistLocally("{{db_sync_tool}}")) {
         info('Generating a database backup');
         runLocally("{{db_sync_tool}} -f {{sync_database_backup_config}} --use-rsync -y $optionalVerbose");
     } else {
-        debug("Skipping database sync, {{db_sync_tool}} not available");
+        debug("Skipping database backup, {{db_sync_tool}} not available");
     }
 
 })
diff --git a/deployer/typo3/task/deploy_database.php b/deployer/typo3/task/deploy_database.php
index 9f4803a..610fbf2 100644
--- a/deployer/typo3/task/deploy_database.php
+++ b/deployer/typo3/task/deploy_database.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 task('database:backup')->select('prod');
 before('deploy:database:update', 'database:backup');
-set('sync_database_backup_config', __DIR__ . '/.deployment/db-sync-tool/backup-prod.yaml');
+set('sync_database_backup_config', './.deployment/db-sync-tool/backup-prod.yaml');
 
 
 function getDatabasePasswordForTypo3(): string|bool