diff --git a/Linux_Backup_Databases.sh b/Linux_Backup_Databases.sh
index 59e66b9..4ae7616 100755
--- a/Linux_Backup_Databases.sh
+++ b/Linux_Backup_Databases.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 echo "Backing up all databases."
 echo ""
-sudo make backup
+make backup
 echo ""
diff --git a/Linux_Run_Production_Server.sh b/Linux_Run_Production_Server.sh
index 8052ab8..34984de 100755
--- a/Linux_Run_Production_Server.sh
+++ b/Linux_Run_Production_Server.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Verifies permissions are set correctly
+sudo chmod -R 777 Game
+
 # Backs up all databases
 ./Linux_Backup_Databases.sh
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d28f11c..caf412e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ logs:
 	@docker-compose logs -f
 
 backup:
-	@sudo mkdir -p $(MYSQL_DUMPS_DIR)
-	@$(shell sudo chmod -R 777 $(MYSQL_DUMPS_DIR))
-	docker exec $(shell docker-compose ps -q mysqldb) mysqldump --all-databases -u"$(MARIADB_ROOT_USER)" -p"$(MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD)" |	gzip > $(MYSQL_DUMPS_DIR)/`date "+%Y%m%d %H%M %Z"`.sql.zip
+	@mkdir -p $(MYSQL_DUMPS_DIR)
+	docker exec $(shell docker-compose ps -q mysqldb) mysqldump --all-databases -u"$(MARIADB_ROOT_USER)" -p"$(MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD)" | gzip > $(MYSQL_DUMPS_DIR)/`date "+%Y%m%d %H%M %Z"`.sql.zip
 
 backup-windows:
 	@docker exec -i mysql mysqldump --all-databases -u"$(MARIADB_ROOT_USER)" -p"$(MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD)" > $(MYSQL_DUMPS_DIR)/db.sql