diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index fc48bd5..472626c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ other_data/USP[[:space:]]DC/usp_dc_pub_2023_release_2.0_updated_final.csv filter
 other_data/USP[[:space:]]MMG/MMG_v8.0_Alignment_File.csv filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 other_data/VA[[:space:]]Formulary/PharmacyProductSystem_NationalDrugCodeExtract.csv filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 containers/AACT_Reloader/backup/aact_db_backup_20250106_184236.sql.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+containers/AACT_Reloader/backup/aact_db_backup_20250107_133822.sql.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/Scripts/Backup_AACT_work.sh b/Scripts/Backup_AACT_work.sh
index f2316a0..0e2652c 100755
--- a/Scripts/Backup_AACT_work.sh
+++ b/Scripts/Backup_AACT_work.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 backup_dir="/mnt/will/large_data/Research_large_data/ClinicalTrialsDataProcessing/containers/AACT_Reloader/backup/"
 date_stamp=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
 filename="aact_db_backup_${date_stamp}.sql"
+container_name = ${1:-aact_db}
 
-podman exec aact_db pg_dump -U root aact_db > "${backup_dir}/${filename}"
+podman exec "$container_name" pg_dump -U root aact_db > "${backup_dir}/${filename}"
 
 # Optional: compress the backup
 gzip "${backup_dir}/${filename}"
diff --git a/containers/AACT_Reloader/backup/aact_db_backup_20250107_133822.sql.gz b/containers/AACT_Reloader/backup/aact_db_backup_20250107_133822.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc24f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/AACT_Reloader/backup/aact_db_backup_20250107_133822.sql.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e029fa0fca511a32b884aa7097c1f4df4c0f6e283e52e369b72eb71849516e2f
+size 1897892046