diff --git a/mm-scripts.sh b/mm-scripts.sh
index 38fffa8..17da43a 100755
--- a/mm-scripts.sh
+++ b/mm-scripts.sh
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
 }
 
 SERVICEBACKUP(){
-	type pv >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt -y install pv
+	type pv >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt -yq install pv >/dev/null 2>&1
 	usrvc=${1}
 	msg="Stopping Service and Backing Up"; c=0; spc=''; spc1=$((${cw_spc}-${#msg})); until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
 	echo -en "${idsCL[White]}${msg}${spc} : ${idsCL[Default]}"
@@ -1069,21 +1069,21 @@ SERVICEBACKUP(){
 		NOW=`date +%d-%b`
 		if [ "${MM_SERVICE_APP[$usrvc]}" != "none" ]; then
 			echo ${NOW} > ${BACKUPDIR}/app-full-date
-			/bin/tar ${NEWER} cf - -C ${APPBAKFOLDER}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${APPBAKFOLDER} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/app.tgz
+			/bin/tar ${NEWER} cpPf - -C ${APPBAKFOLDER}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${APPBAKFOLDER} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/app.tgz
 		fi
 		if [ "${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]}" != "" ] && [ -d ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]} ]; then
 			echo ${NOW} > ${BACKUPDIR}/cfg-full-date
-			/bin/tar ${NEWER} cf - -C ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/cfg.tgz
+			/bin/tar ${NEWER} cpPf - -C ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/cfg.tgz
 		fi
 		
 	else
 		if [ "${MM_SERVICE_APP[$usrvc]}" != "none" ]; then
 			NEWER="--newer `cat ${BACKUPDIR}/app-full-date`"
-			/bin/tar $NEWER cf - -C ${APPBAKFOLDER}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${APPBAKFOLDER} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/app.${NOW}.tgz
+			/bin/tar $NEWER cpPf - -C ${APPBAKFOLDER}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${APPBAKFOLDER} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/app.${NOW}.tgz
 		fi
 		if [ "${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]}" != "" ] && [ -d ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]} ]; then
 			NEWER="--newer `cat ${BACKUPDIR}/cfg-full-date`"
-			/bin/tar $NEWER cf - -C ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/cfg.${NOW}.tgz
+			/bin/tar $NEWER cpPf - -C ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]}/* | pv -s $(du -sb ${MM_SERVICE_CFG[${usrvc}]} | awk '{print $1}') | gzip > ${BACKUPDIR}/cfg.${NOW}.tgz
 		fi
 	fi