diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 522e629..7f8bdee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 docker-s3-volume
 ==============
 
-Docker container that creates a data volume from a path on s3.
+Creates a Docker container that is restored and backed up to a directory on s3. You could use this to run short lived processes that work with and persist data to and from S3.
 
 Usage:
 
 ```
 docker run -it --rm \
-  -e ACCESS_KEY=... -e SECRET_KEY=... s3-volume s3://<BUCKET>/<PATH>
+  -e ACCESS_KEY=... -e SECRET_KEY=... whatupdave/s3-volume s3://<BUCKET>/<PATH>
+```
 
+This pulls down the contents of a directory on S3. If the container is stopped or sent a `USR1` signal, it will backup the modified local contents to S3.
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diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 792c192..19a41e7 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
-
 function usage {
 	echo "Usage: $PROGNAME <local-path> <remote-path>" 1>&2
 	echo "   eg: $PROGNAME /data s3://bucket/dir" 1>&2
 }
 
 function error_exit {
-	echo "${PROGNAME}: ${1:-"Unknown Error"}" 1>&2
+	echo "${1:-"Unknown Error"}" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -35,10 +33,20 @@ function restore {
 function backup {
   echo "backup $LOCAL => $REMOTE"
   if ! s3cmd --access_key="$ACCESS_KEY" --secret_key="$SECRET_KEY" sync --delete-removed "$LOCAL/" "$REMOTE/"; then
-    error_exit "backup failed"
+    echo "backup failed" 1>&2
+    return 1
   fi
 }
 
+function final_backup {
+  echo "backup $LOCAL => $REMOTE"
+  while ! s3cmd --access_key="$ACCESS_KEY" --secret_key="$SECRET_KEY" sync --delete-removed "$LOCAL/" "$REMOTE/"; do
+    echo "backup failed" 1>&2
+    sleep 1
+  done
+  exit 0
+}
+
 function idle {
   echo "ready"
   while true; do
@@ -49,8 +57,7 @@ function idle {
 
 restore
 
-trap backup SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
+trap final_backup SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
 trap "backup; idle" USR1
 
 idle
-