diff --git a/scripts/consul b/scripts/consul
index c725234..acdc43a 100755
--- a/scripts/consul
+++ b/scripts/consul
@@ -1,27 +1,58 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 restoreDir=/etc/restore
-consulDir="$restoreDir/consul"
+consulDir="/var/backups/consul"
+scriptDir="$(dirname "$0")"
 
+readConfig() {
+	local $config
+
+	if [[ -r "${scriptDir}/../config/consul_backup.cfg" ]]; then
+        source "${scriptDir}/../config/consul_backup.cfg"
+	fi
+}
 
 check() {
     if [[ -d "$consulDir" ]]; then
-        rm -rf "$consulDir" || exit 1
+        echo "Cleaning out old Consul backups..."
+        rm -f "$consulDir"/* || return 1
+    else
+        mkdir -p "$consulDir" | return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "$CONSUL_PATH" ]]; then
+        if [[ -x "${CONSUL_PATH/consul}" ]]; then
+            echo "Found Consul in $CONSUL_PATH"
+        else
+            echo "FATAL: Cannot execute Consul"
+            return 3
+        fi
+    else
+        if ! which consul; then
+            echo "Cannot find Consul in PATH"
+            return 2
+        fi
+        if [[ -x "$(which consul)" ]]; then
+            CONSUL_PATH="$(basename 'which consul')"
+            echo "Found Consul in $CONSUL_PATH"
+        else
+            echo "FATAL: Cannot execute Consul"
+            return 3
+        fi
     fi
 }
 
 hook_before() {
-    check
-    mkdir -p "$consulDir" || exit 1
-    pushd "$restoreDir" || exit 2
+    check || exit $?
+    #pushd "$restoreDir" || exit 2
 
-    consul snapshot save "$consulDir/consul.snap"
+    ${CONSUL_PATH}/consul snapshot save "$consulDir/consul.snap"
 
-    popd || exit 2
+    #popd || exit 2
 }
 
 hook_after() {
-    rm -rf "$consulDir" || exit 1
+    :
 }
 
 hook_fail() {
diff --git a/templates/config/consul_backup.cfg b/templates/config/consul_backup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8805a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/config/consul_backup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This configuration file is used for providing the path
+# to consul's binary.
+# Example: CONSUL_PATH=/opt/consul/bin
diff --git a/templates/config/mysql.cfg b/templates/config/mysql_backup.cfg
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/config/mysql.cfg
rename to templates/config/mysql_backup.cfg