diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32dd1edc..90645f8b 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   -n PROJECT, --project PROJECT
                         Project Name
+  -g, --backup-schedule BACKUP_SCHEDULE
+                        Backup schedule cronstring, default: "@every 6h"
   -i IMAGE, --image IMAGE
                         Full Image Name
   -q, --no-ssl          No https
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   -n PROJECT, --project PROJECT
                         Project Name
+  -g, --backup-schedule BACKUP_SCHEDULE
+                        Backup schedule cronstring, default: "@every 6h"
   -i IMAGE, --image IMAGE
                         Full Image Name
   -q, --no-ssl          No https
@@ -163,6 +167,8 @@ options:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   -n PROJECT, --project PROJECT
                         Project Name
+  -g, --backup-schedule BACKUP_SCHEDULE
+                        Backup schedule cronstring, default: "@every 6h"
   -i IMAGE, --image IMAGE
                         Full Image Name
   -q, --no-ssl          No https
diff --git a/easy-install.py b/easy-install.py
index 3a61b277..3cb6183e 100755
--- a/easy-install.py
+++ b/easy-install.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def write_to_env(
     db_pass: str,
     admin_pass: str,
     email: str,
+    cronstring: str,
     erpnext_version: str = None,
     http_port: str = None,
 ) -> None:
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ def write_to_env(
         f"SITE_ADMIN_PASS={admin_pass}\n",
         f"SITES={quoted_sites}\n",
         "PULL_POLICY=missing\n",
+        f'BACKUP_CRONSTRING="{cronstring}"',
     ]
 
     if http_port:
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ def start_prod(
     project: str,
     sites: List[str] = [],
     email: str = None,
+    cronstring: str = None,
     version: str = None,
     image: str = None,
     is_https: bool = True,
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ def start_prod(
                 db_pass=db_pass,
                 admin_pass=admin_pass,
                 email=email,
+                cronstring=cronstring,
                 erpnext_version=version,
                 http_port=http_port if not is_https and http_port else None,
             )
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ def start_prod(
                 db_pass=db_pass,
                 admin_pass=admin_pass,
                 email=email,
+                cronstring=cronstring,
                 erpnext_version=version,
                 http_port=http_port if not is_https and http_port else None,
             )
@@ -202,6 +207,8 @@ def start_prod(
                     if is_https
                     else "overrides/compose.noproxy.yaml"
                 ),
+                "-f",
+                "overrides/compose.backup-cron.yaml",
                 "--env-file",
                 ".env",
                 "config",
@@ -258,6 +265,7 @@ def setup_prod(
     project: str,
     sites: List[str],
     email: str,
+    cronstring: str,
     version: str = None,
     image: str = None,
     apps: List[str] = [],
@@ -271,6 +279,7 @@ def setup_prod(
         project=project,
         sites=sites,
         email=email,
+        cronstring=cronstring,
         version=version,
         image=image,
         is_https=is_https,
@@ -298,7 +307,8 @@ def setup_prod(
 def update_prod(
     project: str,
     version: str = None,
-    image=None,
+    image: str = None,
+    cronstring: str = None,
     is_https: bool = False,
     http_port: str = None,
 ) -> None:
@@ -306,6 +316,7 @@ def update_prod(
         project=project,
         version=version,
         image=image,
+        cronstring=cronstring,
         is_https=is_https,
         http_port=http_port,
     )
@@ -516,11 +527,17 @@ def add_setup_options(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
 
 def add_common_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
     parser = add_project_option(parser)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-g",
+        "--backup-schedule",
+        help='Backup schedule cronstring, default: "@every 6h"',
+        default="@every 6h",
+    )
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--image", help="Full Image Name")
-    parser.add_argument("-q", "--no-ssl", action="store_true", help="No https")
     parser.add_argument(
         "-m", "--http-port", help="Http port in case of no-ssl", default="8080"
     )
+    parser.add_argument("-q", "--no-ssl", action="store_true", help="No https")
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v",
         "--version",
@@ -567,8 +584,8 @@ def add_build_parser(subparsers: argparse.ArgumentParser):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-c",
         "--containerfile",
-        help="Path to Containerfile: images/layered/Containerfile",
-        default="images/layered/Containerfile",
+        help="Path to Containerfile: images/custom/Containerfile",
+        default="images/custom/Containerfile",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-y",
@@ -732,6 +749,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 project=args.project,
                 sites=args.sites,
                 email=args.email,
+                cronstring=args.backup_schedule,
                 version=args.version,
                 image=args.image,
                 apps=args.apps,
@@ -743,6 +761,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 project=args.project,
                 version=args.version,
                 image=args.image,
+                cronstring=args.backup_schedule,
                 is_https=not args.no_ssl,
                 http_port=args.http_port,
             )
@@ -750,7 +769,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     elif args.subcommand == "deploy":
         cprint("\nSetting Up Production Instance\n", level=2)
         logging.info("Running Production Setup")
-        if "example.com" in args.email:
+        if args.email and "example.com" in args.email:
             cprint("Emails with example.com not acceptable", level=1)
             sys.exit(1)
         setup_prod(
@@ -758,6 +777,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             sites=args.sites,
             email=args.email,
             version=args.version,
+            cronstring=args.backup_schedule,
             image=args.image,
             apps=args.apps,
             is_https=not args.no_ssl,
@@ -775,6 +795,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             version=args.version,
             image=args.image,
             is_https=not args.no_ssl,
+            cronstring=args.backup_schedule,
             http_port=args.http_port,
         )
     elif args.subcommand == "exec":