diff --git a/backup b/backup
index 22eda7a..a6b214f 100755
--- a/backup
+++ b/backup
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+BACKUP_LOCATION="/nas/share/backup.tar"
+
+
+
 echo '
  ________  ________  ________  ___  __    ___  ___  ________        _________  ________  ________  ___ 
 |\   __  \|\   __  \|\   ____\|\  \|\  \ |\  \|\  \|\   __  \      |\___   ___\\   __  \|\   __  \|\  \ 
@@ -19,17 +23,25 @@ echo ""
 
 echo -e "\e[0mStarting Backup"
 
-tar -cvf /nas/share/backup.tar ./*.bak
+tar -cvf $BACKUP_LOCATION ./*.bak
 
 while read folder; do
   # list the contents of each folder
   echo -e "\e[32mbackingup: $folder"
-  tar -rf /nas/share/backup.tar $folder &>/dev/null
+  tar -rf $BACKUP_LOCATION $folder &>/dev/null
 done < *.bak
 
 echo ""
-#echo -e "\e[0mCompressing backup"
 
-#gzip /nas/share/backup.tar
+
+
+if [ "$COMPRESS" = true ]; 
+then
+  echo -e "\e[0mCompressing backup"
+  gzip $BACKUP_LOCATION
+  echo -e "\e[0mRemoving Uncompressed backup"
+  rm -f $BACKUP_LOCATION
+fi
+
 
 echo -e "\e[0mBackup Done"