diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index f642ba2..a5c7b41 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Configuration
 1. Settings are available at 'admin/hosting/backup_manager' and allow you to e.g. choose
 the numbers of backups to keep after specified periods of time.
 
+2. To change the directory where exported backups are placed you have to change two variables.
+For the frontent there is the Drupal variable 'aegir_backup_export_path' which can be added
+to the hostmaster's local.settings.php or set via 'drush @hostmaster variable-set'
+The second is in Drush land, called 'provision_backup_export_path' which can se set in a drushrc.php file.
+Like: `$options['provision_backup_export_path'] = '/var/aegir/backup-exports';`
 
 TODO
 ----
diff --git a/drush/hosting_site_backup_manager.drush.inc b/drush/hosting_site_backup_manager.drush.inc
index 5049fd3..e061106 100644
--- a/drush/hosting_site_backup_manager.drush.inc
+++ b/drush/hosting_site_backup_manager.drush.inc
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ function drush_hosting_site_backup_manager_provision_export_backup($backup) {
   drush_log(dt('Start export backup command'), 'ok');
 
   // Path for exported backups.
-  $backupdir = drush_get_option('aegir_backup_export_path', '/var/aegir/backup-exports');
+  $default_backup_exports = d('@server_master')->aegir_root . "/backup-exports";
+  $backupdir = drush_get_option('provision_backup_export_path', $default_backup_exports);
   if (!is_dir($backupdir)) {
     provision_file()->create_dir($backupdir, dt('General backup export directory'), 0751);
   }
@@ -82,10 +83,9 @@ function drush_hosting_site_backup_manager_provision_export_backup($backup) {
 function drush_hosting_site_backup_manager_provision_remove_export_backup($export) {
   drush_log(dt('Start remove export backup command'), 'ok');
 
-  include_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../hosting_site_backup_manager.inc';
-
   // Path for exported backups.
-  $backupdir = drush_get_option('aegir_backup_export_path', '/var/aegir/backup-exports');
+  $default_backup_exports = d('@server_master')->aegir_root . "/backup-exports";
+  $backupdir = drush_get_option('provision_backup_export_path', $default_backup_exports);
 
   if (drush_shell_cd_and_exec($backupdir, 'rm %s', $export)) {
     drush_log(dt('Backup export removed', array()), 'ok');