diff --git a/update_sql_procedures.sh b/update_sql_procedures.sh
index 823f7eba99cc188089afb747120f8fa8140c688b..a1cb42b2890e39b2f39c4d677aa4b015e2de2205 100755
--- a/update_sql_procedures.sh
+++ b/update_sql_procedures.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 # Updates all SQL procedures
 
-. load_settings
+. utils/load_settings.sh
+. utils/helpers.sh
 
 echo -n "updating rules ... "
 set -e
diff --git a/utils/backup.sh b/utils/backup.sh
index 72c9c7eb0182a03d58165ad65da76aba8df62481..bdf334b6c7bdccc755e42a72e34bf2b5f5443df9 100755
--- a/utils/backup.sh
+++ b/utils/backup.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ EOF
         )
 
 # Load settings from .config and defaults #####################################
-. ../load_settings.sh
+. load_settings.sh
 
 # load useful functions #######################################################
 . helpers.sh