diff --git a/example/docker-compose.yml b/example/docker-compose.yml
index 67bc0e4..f7bba31 100644
--- a/example/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/example/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,28 @@ services:
   linkding:
     labels:
       ie.cianhatton.backup.enabled: "true"
-    container_name: "linkding"
+    container_name: linkding
     image: sissbruecker/linkding:latest
     ports:
       - "9090:9090"
     volumes:
       - "data:/etc/linkding/data"
     restart: unless-stopped
+  minio:
+    image: minio/minio:latest
+    container_name: minio
+    ports:
+      - "9000:9000"
+      - "9001:9001"
+    volumes:
+      - minio_storage:/data
+    environment:
+      MINIO_ROOT_USER: minio
+      MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: "*!3^wYe&dJ2H9D9aDC68Gh6!v7ydB^eK5G^"
+      MINIO_API_ROOT_ACCESS: "on"
+      MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT_URL: http://127.0.0.1:9000
+
+    command: server --console-address ":9001" /data
 volumes:
   data:
+  minio_storage:
diff --git a/playbooks/backup-docker-volumes.yml b/playbooks/backup-docker-volumes.yml
index c473f41..9ed1e79 100644
--- a/playbooks/backup-docker-volumes.yml
+++ b/playbooks/backup-docker-volumes.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Backup Docker Volumes.
   hosts: localhost
-#  become: true
 
   tasks:
     - name: Find Containers With Backup Label
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
         name: docker_s3_backup
       vars:
         container_backup: "{{ container_item | regex_replace('^\\/', '') }}"
-        docker_backup_retain_count: 7
       with_items: "{{ container_names }}"
       loop_control:
         loop_var: container_item
diff --git a/roles/docker_s3_backup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker_s3_backup/defaults/main.yml
index 7182645..e1aa3dd 100644
--- a/roles/docker_s3_backup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_s3_backup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
----
-# defaults file for docker_s3_backup
+# the aws region. For minio this will always be us-east-1.
 docker_backup_aws_s3_region: "us-east-1"
+# the name of the bucket in minio or s3
 docker_backup_aws_s3_bucket: "backups"
-
-
 # put backups locally in this directory.
-docker_backup_host_backup_directory: "./backups"
-docker_backup_aws_s3_url: ""
-docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_access_key: ""
-docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_secret_key: ""
+docker_backup_host_backup_directory: "/tmp"
+# the url of the minio server.
+docker_backup_aws_s3_url: "http://127.0.0.1:9000"
+docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_access_key: "83meItmzcEgb1NdasSgl"
+docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_secret_key: "lwdAJ60gMkcZxRZCHsC6CsdPw63Xuds6h6mksnSz"
 docker_backup_aws_s3_permissions: []
-docker_backup_aws_s3_encrypt: true
+docker_backup_aws_s3_encrypt: off
diff --git a/roles/docker_s3_backup/meta/main.yml b/roles/docker_s3_backup/meta/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ea5983..0000000
--- a/roles/docker_s3_backup/meta/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-galaxy_info:
-    author: Cian Hatton
-    description: Role which backs up a dockver volume to s3.
-    license: MIT
-    min_ansible_version: "2.1"
-    galaxy_tags: []
-    platforms:
-        - name: Debian
-          versions:
-              - all
-dependencies: []
diff --git a/roles/docker_s3_backup/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker_s3_backup/tasks/main.yml
index ef82c2f..53e81ed 100644
--- a/roles/docker_s3_backup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_s3_backup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/docker/docker_container_module.html#ansible-collections-community-docker-docker-container-module
-# https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/#backup-restore-or-migrate-data-volumes
-
 - name: Determine backup timestamp.
   ansible.builtin.set_fact: backup_time="{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
 
@@ -57,34 +54,8 @@
     permission: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_permissions }}"
   with_items: "{{ volume_mounts }}"
 
-
-# try and find latest volume based on the name.
-- name: Fetch Volumes From S3.
-  when: docker_backup_retain_count is defined
-  amazon.aws.aws_s3:
-    bucket: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_bucket }}"
-    mode: list
-    prefix: "{{ item.Name }}/{{ item.Name }}"
-    aws_access_key: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_access_key }}"
-    aws_secret_key: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_secret_key }}"
-    region: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_region }}"
-    s3_url: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_url }}"
-  register: s3_list_outputs
+- name: Remove local files.
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ docker_backup_host_backup_directory }}/{{ item.Name }}-{{ backup_time }}.tar.gz"
+    state: absent
   with_items: "{{ volume_mounts }}"
-
-- name: Find keys to delete.
-  when: docker_backup_retain_count is defined
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    s3_keys_to_delete: "{{ s3_list_outputs.results | map(attribute='s3_keys') | keep_last(docker_backup_retain_count) | flatten }}"
-
-- name: Delete old backups.
-  when: docker_backup_retain_count is defined
-  amazon.aws.aws_s3:
-    bucket: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_bucket }}"
-    aws_access_key: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_access_key }}"
-    aws_secret_key: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_aws_secret_key }}"
-    region: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_region }}"
-    s3_url: "{{ docker_backup_aws_s3_url }}"
-    object: "{{ item }}"
-    mode: delobj
-  with_items: "{{ s3_keys_to_delete }}"
diff --git a/roles/docker_s3_backup/vars/main.yml b/roles/docker_s3_backup/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 045ab9b..0000000
--- a/roles/docker_s3_backup/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-# vars file for chatton.docker_backup