diff --git a/pihole/docker-compose.yml b/pihole/docker-compose.yml
index 078dc3f..f80c2fa 100644
--- a/pihole/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/pihole/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ services:
     volumes: # mount our data volumes.
        - './etc-pihole/:/etc/pihole/'
        - './etc-dnsmasq.d/:/etc/dnsmasq.d/'
+       - './backups/:/backups/' # backups explained later
     environment: # set variables for pihole configuration.
       ServerIP: 192.168.1.59 # must match ipv4_address above
       VIRTUAL_HOST: pihole.local  # Must be hostname + domainname from above