diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 70868ce..b2408f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ Inside **utils** folder:
 Make a backup
 
 ```bash
-backup_thethe_db.sh
+backup_thethe_db.sh <mongo_user> <mongo_password>
 ```
 
 Restore from a backup
 
 ```bash
-restore_thethe_db.sh
+restore_thethe_db.sh <mongo_user> <mongo_password>
 ```
 
 backup filename is **db.dump.gz**
diff --git a/thethe_frontend b/thethe_frontend
index e91a212..08ae7dd 160000
--- a/thethe_frontend
+++ b/thethe_frontend
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e91a212819ccd1e870e5bb73600ac41a9803cf55
+Subproject commit 08ae7ddf5c411c48e34aa8c8b3da5ac8ee04a8ef
diff --git a/utils/backup_thethe_db.sh b/utils/backup_thethe_db.sh
index a98cf99..4e3fcaf 100755
--- a/utils/backup_thethe_db.sh
+++ b/utils/backup_thethe_db.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # https://jeromejaglale.com/doc/programming/mongodb_docker_mongodump_mongorestore
+set -e
 
+echo "usage: ./backup_thethe_db.sh <mongo_user> <mongo_password>"
 echo "Doing database backup..."
-docker exec thethe_mongo sh -c 'mongodump --username root  --password root --authenticationDatabase admin --archive' > db.dump
-gzip -c db.dump > db.dump.gz
+docker exec thethe_mongo sh -c "mongodump --username $1  --password $2 --authenticationDatabase admin --archive" >db.dump
+gzip -c db.dump >db.dump.gz
 rm db.dump
diff --git a/utils/restore_thethe_db.sh b/utils/restore_thethe_db.sh
index 4e6c683..a559f36 100755
--- a/utils/restore_thethe_db.sh
+++ b/utils/restore_thethe_db.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # https://jeromejaglale.com/doc/programming/mongodb_docker_mongodump_mongorestore
+set -e
 
+echo "usage: ./restore_thethe_db.sh <mongo_user> <mongo_password>"
 echo "Restoring database from backup..."
 gzip -kd db.dump.gz
-docker exec -i thethe_mongo sh -c 'mongorestore --drop --username root  --password root --authenticationDatabase admin --archive' < db.dump
+docker exec -i thethe_mongo sh -c "mongorestore --drop --username $1  --password $2 --authenticationDatabase admin --archive" <db.dump
 rm db.dump