diff --git a/check_os.sh b/check_os.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..30c30d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_os.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check what OS we're on
+OS=`awk -F = '/^NAME/{print $2}' /etc/os-release`
+echo "OS found in /etc/os-release is $OS"
+export OS="$OS"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local_backup.sh b/local_backup.sh
index bde6d74..3162b56 100755
--- a/local_backup.sh
+++ b/local_backup.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,29 @@
 #Script to back up /home/tracey to external USB drive
 #http://www.bobulous.org.uk/misc/rsync-backup.html
 date=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
-mount_point='/media/tracey/Backup'
 log_file='/home/tracey/backuplogs/usb-rsync-backup-'${date}'.txt'
 
 echo "#####"
 echo ""
+
+# Check what OS we're on
+# OS=`awk -F = '/NAME/{print $2}' /etc/os-release`
+# echo "OS we're running on is $OS"
+source ~/git/shell-scripts/check_os.sh
+
+if [[ "$OS" =~ .*Solus.* ]]
+ then
+    echo "Setting mount point for Solus"
+	mount_point='/run/media/tracey/Backup'
+elif [[ "$OS" = "Ubuntu" ]]
+ then
+    echo "Setting mount point for Ubuntu"
+	mount_point='/media/tracey/Backup'
+else
+   echo "Unknown OS!"
+fi
+echo "Mount point is $mount_point"
+
 # Check whether target volume is mounted, and mount it if not.
 if ! mountpoint -q ${mount_point}/; then
 	echo "Mounting the external USB drive."