diff --git a/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup b/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
index 216ea985..cb08f095 100644
--- a/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
+++ b/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 BACKUPS=/var/backups
 
+find $BACKUPS -name "*.tgz" -mtime +3 -exec rm {} \;
+
 tar -cz \
  --exclude ".nobackup" \
  --exclude "nobackup" \
@@ -29,5 +31,3 @@ tar --remove-files -cz $BACKUPS/$DATE-all_databases.sql \
 
 chown root:sudo $BACKUPS/$DATE*.tgz
 chmod 640 $BACKUPS/*.tgz
-
-find $BACKUPS -name "*.tgz" -mtime +3 -exec rm {} \;