diff --git a/restic.sh b/restic.sh
index 5653ab2..4948bc8 100644
--- a/restic.sh
+++ b/restic.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@
 LOCKFILE="/tmp/restic.lock"
 LOGFILE="/var/log/restic/restic_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
 LATEST_RESTIC_VERSION="0.12.1"
-RESTIC_REPOSITORY="sftp:root@gauntnas.home.johnhgaunt.com:50022:/mnt/restic"
-RESTIC_PASSWORD="restic"
+LOCAL_RESTIC_REPOSITORY="/mnt/data/backups/restic"
+export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="sftp:root@gauntnas.home.johnhgaunt.com:50022:/mnt/restic"
+export RESTIC_PASSWORD="restic"
+
+if [ -d ${LOCAL_RESTIC_REPOSITORY} ]; then
+	restic --repo ${LOCAL_RESTIC_REPOSITORY} snapshots
+	if [ ${?} == "0" ]; then
+		export RESTIC_REPOSITORY=${LOCAL_RESTIC_REPOSITORY}
+	fi	
+fi
+
 
 # make log directory
 if [ ! -d $(dirname ${LOGFILE}) ]; then