diff --git a/lebackup-all.sh b/lebackup-all.sh
index 29d2d9e..68f6455 100755
--- a/lebackup-all.sh
+++ b/lebackup-all.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 source $(dirname "$0")/config-vars
-# mount backup target
+# mount and create backup target 
+mkdir -p $BACKUPDIR
 mount $NFSSERVER $BACKUPDIR
 #back up files
 $(dirname "$0")/lebackup-files.sh
@@ -14,4 +15,6 @@ for VM in $VMS
 	do
 		$(dirname "$0")/lebackup-vm.sh $VM
 	done
-
+# remove and unmout backupdir
+umount $BACKUPDIR
+rm -Rf $BACKUPDIR
diff --git a/lebackup-vm.sh b/lebackup-vm.sh
index 5260897..fb1211f 100755
--- a/lebackup-vm.sh
+++ b/lebackup-vm.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -x
+set -e
 source $(dirname "$0")/config-vars
 VM=$1
 if [ -z $1 ];