diff --git a/scripts/backup_sqlite.sh b/scripts/backup_sqlite.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-source ~/awscli-env/bin/activate
-# Usage: ./backup_script.sh -l true or ./backup_script.sh -l false
-
-# Parse command-line argument for local_db flag
-while getopts "l:" opt; do
-  case $opt in
-    l)
-      LOCAL_DB=$OPTARG
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "Usage: $0 -l [true|false]"
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-# Validate LOCAL_DB argument
-if [ "$LOCAL_DB" != "true" ] && [ "$LOCAL_DB" != "false" ]; then
-  echo "Error: Invalid value for -l. Must be 'true' or 'false'."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Set the database path and backup destination based on LOCAL_DB value
-if [ "$LOCAL_DB" = true ]; then
-    DB_PATH="/Users/donov/databases/nkode.db"
-    BACKUP_DIR="/var/tmp"
-else
-    DB_PATH="/home/dkelly/database/nkode.db"
-    BACKUP_DIR="/var/tmp"
-fi
-
-BACKUP_NAME="backup_nkode_$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S').tar.gz"
-
-# Check if the database file exists
-if [ ! -f "$DB_PATH" ]; then
-    echo "Error: Database file not found at $DB_PATH"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Perform a WAL checkpoint to flush the WAL file to the main DB file
-echo "Checkpointing WAL..."
-sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" "PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(FULL);"
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "Error: Failed to checkpoint WAL"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check if related files (.wal, .shm) exist
-WAL_FILE="${DB_PATH}-wal"
-SHM_FILE="${DB_PATH}-shm"
-
-# Create a list of files to back up (main DB, WAL, and SHM if they exist)
-FILES_TO_BACKUP=("$DB_PATH")
-if [ -f "$WAL_FILE" ]; then
-    FILES_TO_BACKUP+=("$WAL_FILE")
-fi
-if [ -f "$SHM_FILE" ]; then
-    FILES_TO_BACKUP+=("$SHM_FILE")
-fi
-
-# Create a tar.gz archive of the database and related files
-echo "Creating backup..."
-tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME" "${FILES_TO_BACKUP[@]}"
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "Backup successful: $BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME"
-else
-    echo "Error: Backup failed"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Upload backup to S3
-aws s3 cp "$BACKUP_DIR/$BACKUP_NAME" s3://nkode-db-backup
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "Backup uploaded to S3 successfully."
-else
-    echo "Error: Failed to upload backup to S3."
-    exit 1
-fi