diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c2f9354..ec37419 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	aead.dev/minisign v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/alexflint/go-filemutex v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3614d7a..8ece93f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 aead.dev/minisign v0.2.0 h1:kAWrq/hBRu4AARY6AlciO83xhNnW9UaC8YipS2uhLPk=
 aead.dev/minisign v0.2.0/go.mod h1:zdq6LdSd9TbuSxchxwhpA9zEb9YXcVGoE8JakuiGaIQ=
+github.com/alexflint/go-filemutex v1.3.0 h1:LgE+nTUWnQCyRKbpoceKZsPQbs84LivvgwUymZXdOcM=
+github.com/alexflint/go-filemutex v1.3.0/go.mod h1:U0+VA/i30mGBlLCrFPGtTe9y6wGQfNAWPBTekHQ+c8A=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1 h1:PR2pgnyFznKEugtsUo0xLdDop5SKXd5Qf5ysW+7XdTA=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1/go.mod h1:05ib4cKhjx3OQYUY22hTVd34Bc8upXjOLL2rKwwZBoA=
 github.com/billgraziano/dpapi v0.5.0 h1:pcxA17vyjbDqYuxCFZbgL9tYIk2xgbRZjRaIbATwh+8=
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966/go.mod h1:s
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/Knetic/govaluate.v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:csKLBORsPbafmSCGTEh3U7Ozmsuq8ZSIlKk1bcqph0E=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/backend/backup/jobrun.go b/internal/backend/backup/jobrun.go
index cfaf31e..e5d9b25 100644
--- a/internal/backend/backup/jobrun.go
+++ b/internal/backend/backup/jobrun.go
@@ -12,18 +12,21 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alexflint/go-filemutex"
 	"github.com/sonroyaalmerol/pbs-plus/internal/backend/mount"
 	"github.com/sonroyaalmerol/pbs-plus/internal/store"
 	"github.com/sonroyaalmerol/pbs-plus/internal/syslog"
 	"github.com/sonroyaalmerol/pbs-plus/internal/utils"
 )
 
-var backupMutex sync.Mutex
-
 func RunBackup(job *store.Job, storeInstance *store.Store, waitChan chan struct{}) (*store.Task, error) {
+	backupMutex, err := filemutex.New("/tmp/pbs-plus-mutex-lock")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("RunBackup: failed to create mutex lock -> %w", err)
+	}
+
 	backupMutex.Lock()
 	defer backupMutex.Unlock()