diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 0b11a54..29ae58b 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Available tasks
 
     db:local:sync       || db:pull      # Synchronize your local database using remote database data
     db:remote:sync      || db:push      # Synchronize your remote database using local database data
+    db:remote:backup                    # Dumps database to db folder after that we can take it from there
 
 Example
 =======
diff --git a/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/database.rb b/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/database.rb
index 3c89fec..75f8a60 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/database.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/database.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def current_time
     end
 
     def output_file
-      @output_file ||= "db/#{database}_#{current_time}.sql.bz2"
+      @output_file ||= "#{@cap.fetch(:db_backup_dir)}/#{database}_#{current_time}.sql.bz2"
     end
 
     def pgpass
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def dump_cmd
       if mysql?
         "mysqldump #{credentials} #{database} --lock-tables=false"
       elsif postgresql?
-        "#{pgpass} pg_dump --no-acl --no-owner #{credentials} #{database}"
+        "#{pgpass} pg_dump --no-acl --no-owner -Fc #{credentials} #{database}"
       end
     end
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def import_cmd(file)
         "mysql #{credentials} -D #{database} < #{file}"
       elsif postgresql?
         terminate_connection_sql = "SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pg_stat_activity.pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pg_stat_activity.datname = '#{database}' AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();"
-        "#{pgpass} psql -c \"#{terminate_connection_sql};\" #{credentials}; #{pgpass} dropdb #{credentials} #{database}; #{pgpass} createdb #{credentials} #{database}; #{pgpass} psql #{credentials} -d #{database} < #{file}"
+        "#{pgpass} psql -c \"#{terminate_connection_sql};\" #{credentials}; #{pgpass} dropdb #{credentials} #{database}; #{pgpass} createdb #{credentials} #{database}; #{pgpass} pg_restore --verbose --clean --no-acl --no-owner #{credentials} -d #{database}  #{file}"
       end
     end
 
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ def local_to_remote(instance)
       remote_db.load(local_db.output_file, instance.fetch(:db_local_clean))
       File.unlink(local_db.output_file) if instance.fetch(:db_local_clean)
     end
+    
+    def backup(instance)
+      remote_db = Database::Remote.new(instance)
+      remote_db.dump
+    end
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/dbtasks.rb b/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/dbtasks.rb
index 9eaf263..5d0c9af 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/dbtasks.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano-db-tasks/dbtasks.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 set :assets_dir, 'system' unless fetch(:assets_dir)
 set :local_assets_dir, 'public' unless fetch(:local_assets_dir)
 set :skip_data_sync_confirm, (ENV['SKIP_DATA_SYNC_CONFIRM'].to_s.downcase == 'true')
+set :db_backup_dir, "db" unless fetch(:db_backup_dir)
 
 namespace :db do
   namespace :remote do
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@
         end
       end
     end
+    
+    desc 'Dumps database to db folder after that we can take it from there'
+    task :backup do
+      on roles(:db) do
+        Database.backup(self)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   namespace :local do