diff --git a/functions/backup.sh b/functions/backup.sh
index fc81dce3..f7626653 100644
--- a/functions/backup.sh
+++ b/functions/backup.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ date=$(date '+%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S')
 [[ "$verbose" == "true" ]] && cli -c 'app kubernetes backup_chart_releases backup_name=''"'HeavyScript_"$date"'"' &> /dev/null && echo_backup+=(HeavyScript_"$date")
 [[ -z "$verbose" ]] && echo_backup+=("\nNew Backup Name:") && cli -c 'app kubernetes backup_chart_releases backup_name=''"'HeavyScript_"$date"'"' | tail -n 1 &> /dev/null && echo_backup+=(HeavyScript_"$date")
 mapfile -t list_backups < <(cli -c 'app kubernetes list_backups' | grep "HeavyScript_" | sort -t '_' -Vr -k2,7 | awk -F '|'  '{print $2}'| tr -d " \t\r")
-if [[  ${#list_backups[@]}  -gt  "number_of_backups" ]]; then
+if [[  ${#list_backups[@]}  -gt  "$number_of_backups" ]]; then
     echo_backup+=("\nDeleted the oldest backup(s) for exceeding limit:")
     overflow=$(( ${#list_backups[@]} - "$number_of_backups" ))
     mapfile -t list_overflow < <(cli -c 'app kubernetes list_backups' | grep "HeavyScript_"  | sort -t '_' -V -k2,7 | awk -F '|'  '{print $2}'| tr -d " \t\r" | head -n "$overflow")
diff --git a/functions/menu.sh b/functions/menu.sh
index e965ed7b..06c138b8 100644
--- a/functions/menu.sh
+++ b/functions/menu.sh
@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@ case $selection in
         ;;
     4)
         read -rt 600 -p "Please type the max number of backups to keep: " number_of_backups
-        number_of_backups=$number_of_backups
         ! [[ $number_of_backups =~ ^[0-9]+$  ]] && echo -e "Error: -b needs to be assigned an interger\n\"""$number_of_backups""\" is not an interger" >&2 && exit
         [[ "$number_of_backups" -le 0 ]] && echo "Error: Number of backups is required to be at least 1" && exit
         echo "Generating backup, please be patient for output.."
-        menu_backup="true"
-        backup "$number_of_backups"
       ;;
     5)
         restore="true"