diff --git a/backup/pvc/Dockerfile b/backup/pvc/Dockerfile
index a25b81c2..7109d932 100644
--- a/backup/pvc/Dockerfile
+++ b/backup/pvc/Dockerfile
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ COPY bin .
 RUN chmod +x *.sh
 USER user
 
-CMD exec /bin/sh -c "while true; do sleep 1000; done"
+CMD ./run.sh
diff --git a/backup/pvc/bin/backup.sh b/backup/pvc/bin/backup.sh
index fe9f9c82..80387373 100644
--- a/backup/pvc/bin/backup.sh
+++ b/backup/pvc/bin/backup.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ set -eo pipefail
 [[ -z "${BACKUP_DIR}" ]] && echo "Required 'BACKUP_DIR' env not set" && exit 1;
 [[ -z "${JENKINS_HOME}" ]] && echo "Required 'JENKINS_HOME' env not set" && exit 1;
 
-if [[ ! -z "${BACKUP_COUNT}" ]]; then
-  echo "Trimming to only $((BACKUP_COUNT-1)) recent backups in preparation for new backup"
-  ls -1t ${BACKUP_DIR} | tail -n +${BACKUP_COUNT} | xargs -I '{}' rm -f ${BACKUP_DIR}/'{}'
-fi
-
 backup_number=$1
 echo "Running backup"
 
diff --git a/backup/pvc/bin/run.sh b/backup/pvc/bin/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6cf2c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/pvc/bin/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+[[ -z "${BACKUP_DIR}" ]] && echo "Required 'BACKUP_DIR' env not set" && exit 1;
+[[ -z "${JENKINS_HOME}" ]] && echo "Required 'JENKINS_HOME' env not set" && exit 1;
+
+while true;
+do
+    sleep 10
+    if [[ ! -z "${BACKUP_COUNT}" ]]; then
+        echo "Trimming to only ${BACKUP_COUNT} recent backups in preparation for new backup"
+        ls ${BACKUP_DIR} | sort -gr | tail -n +$((BACKUP_COUNT +1)) | xargs -I '{}' rm ${BACKUP_DIR}/'{}'
+    fi
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backup/pvc/e2e/backup_and_restore/test.sh b/backup/pvc/e2e/backup_and_restore/test.sh
index c58e8dee..e4ad3ab8 100755
--- a/backup/pvc/e2e/backup_and_restore/test.sh
+++ b/backup/pvc/e2e/backup_and_restore/test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
-[ "${DEBUG}" ] && set -x
+[[ "${DEBUG}" ]] && set -x
 
 # set current working directory to the directory of the script
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
diff --git a/backup/pvc/e2e/limit_backup_count/test.sh b/backup/pvc/e2e/limit_backup_count/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b364e8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/pvc/e2e/limit_backup_count/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+[[ "${DEBUG}" ]] && set -x
+
+# set current working directory to the directory of the script
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+docker_image=$1
+
+if ! docker inspect ${docker_image} &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Image '${docker_image}' does not exists"
+    false
+fi
+
+JENKINS_HOME="$(pwd)/jenkins_home"
+BACKUP_DIR="$(pwd)/backup"
+mkdir -p ${BACKUP_DIR}
+
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/1.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/2.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/3.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/4.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/5.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/6.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/7.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/8.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/9.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/10.tar.gz
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/11.tar.gz
+
+# Create an instance of the container under testing
+cid="$(docker run -e BACKUP_COUNT=2 -e JENKINS_HOME=${JENKINS_HOME} -v ${JENKINS_HOME}:${JENKINS_HOME}:ro -e BACKUP_DIR=${BACKUP_DIR} -v ${BACKUP_DIR}:${BACKUP_DIR}:rw -d ${docker_image})"
+echo "Docker container ID '${cid}'"
+
+# Remove test directory and container afterwards
+trap "docker rm -vf $cid > /dev/null;rm -rf ${BACKUP_DIR}" EXIT
+
+sleep 11
+touch ${BACKUP_DIR}/12.tar.gz
+sleep 11
+
+if [[ "${DEBUG}" ]]; then
+    docker logs ${cid}
+    ls -la ${BACKUP_DIR}
+fi
+
+# only two latest backup should exists
+[[ $(ls -1 ${BACKUP_DIR} | wc -l) -eq 2 ]] || exit 1
+[[ -f ${BACKUP_DIR}/11.tar.gz ]] || exit 2
+[[ -f ${BACKUP_DIR}/12.tar.gz ]] || exit 3
+echo PASS