diff --git a/pkg/backup.go b/pkg/backup.go
index 32d1c26..9bbd9e5 100644
--- a/pkg/backup.go
+++ b/pkg/backup.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func localBackup(db *dbConfig, config *BackupConfig) {
 	BackupDatabase(db, config.backupFileName, disableCompression)
 	finalFileName := config.backupFileName
 	if config.encryption {
-		encryptBackup(config.backupFileName)
+		encryptBackup(config.backupFileName, config.passphrase)
 		finalFileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", config.backupFileName, gpgExtension)
 	}
 	utils.Info("Backup name is %s", finalFileName)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func s3Backup(db *dbConfig, config *BackupConfig) {
 	BackupDatabase(db, config.backupFileName, disableCompression)
 	finalFileName := config.backupFileName
 	if config.encryption {
-		encryptBackup(config.backupFileName)
+		encryptBackup(config.backupFileName, config.passphrase)
 		finalFileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", config.backupFileName, "gpg")
 	}
 	utils.Info("Uploading backup archive to remote storage S3 ... ")
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func sshBackup(db *dbConfig, config *BackupConfig) {
 	BackupDatabase(db, config.backupFileName, disableCompression)
 	finalFileName := config.backupFileName
 	if config.encryption {
-		encryptBackup(config.backupFileName)
+		encryptBackup(config.backupFileName, config.passphrase)
 		finalFileName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", config.backupFileName, "gpg")
 	}
 	utils.Info("Uploading backup archive to remote storage ... ")
@@ -254,9 +254,8 @@ func sshBackup(db *dbConfig, config *BackupConfig) {
 }
 
 // encryptBackup encrypt backup
-func encryptBackup(backupFileName string) {
-	gpgPassphrase := os.Getenv("GPG_PASSPHRASE")
-	err := Encrypt(filepath.Join(tmpPath, backupFileName), gpgPassphrase)
+func encryptBackup(backupFileName, passphrase string) {
+	err := Encrypt(filepath.Join(tmpPath, backupFileName), passphrase)
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatal("Error during encrypting backup %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config.go b/pkg/config.go
index 6c1f6b2..715b955 100644
--- a/pkg/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type BackupConfig struct {
 	prune              bool
 	encryption         bool
 	remotePath         string
-	gpqPassphrase      string
+	passphrase         string
 	storage            string
 	cronExpression     string
 }
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ func initBackupConfig(cmd *cobra.Command) *BackupConfig {
 	prune, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("prune")
 	disableCompression, _ = cmd.Flags().GetBool("disable-compression")
 	_, _ = cmd.Flags().GetString("mode")
-	gpqPassphrase := os.Getenv("GPG_PASSPHRASE")
+	passphrase := os.Getenv("GPG_PASSPHRASE")
 	_ = utils.GetEnv(cmd, "path", "AWS_S3_PATH")
 	cronExpression := os.Getenv("BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION")
 
-	if gpqPassphrase != "" {
+	if passphrase != "" {
 		encryption = true
 	}
 	//Initialize backup configs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func initBackupConfig(cmd *cobra.Command) *BackupConfig {
 	config.storage = storage
 	config.encryption = encryption
 	config.remotePath = remotePath
-	config.gpqPassphrase = gpqPassphrase
+	config.passphrase = passphrase
 	config.cronExpression = cronExpression
 	return &config
 }