diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94b4eb5..5e50f48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ electrs/*
 fulcrumx/*
 nginx/*
 redis/*
-events/signals/*
 docker-compose.override.yml
 
 # Commit these empty directories
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ docker-compose.override.yml
 !db/citadel-seed
 db/citadel-seed/*
 !db/citadel-seed/.gitkeep
-!events/signals/.gitkeep
 !lnd/.gitkeep
 !logs/.gitkeep
 !tor/data/.gitkeep
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ db/citadel-seed/*
 !nginx/.gitkeep
 !redis/.gitkeep
 !fulcrumx/.gitkeep
-!events/signals/.gitkeep
 
 !**/*.license
 services/installed.json
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ba90ff9..488db1b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
     - ${PWD}/info.json:/info.json
     - ${PWD}/db:/db
-    - ${PWD}/events/signals:/signals
     - ${PWD}/events:/events
     - ${PWD}/apps:/apps
     - ${PWD}/lnd:/lnd:ro
diff --git a/events/signals/.gitkeep b/events/signals/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/scripts/backup/decoy-trigger b/scripts/backup/decoy-trigger
index 9d0465b..ddc8918 100755
--- a/scripts/backup/decoy-trigger
+++ b/scripts/backup/decoy-trigger
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ main () {
     echo "Sleeping for ${delay} seconds..."
     sleep $delay
     echo "Triggering decoy backup..."
-    touch "${CITADEL_ROOT}/events/signals/backup"
+    "${CITADEL_ROOT}/scripts/backup/backup"
   done
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/backup/monitor b/scripts/backup/monitor
index 5234ac9..6bc499c 100755
--- a/scripts/backup/monitor
+++ b/scripts/backup/monitor
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ monitor_file () {
       sleep 1
     done
     echo "$file_path created! Triggering backup..."
-    touch "${CITADEL_ROOT}/events/signals/backup"
+    "${CITADEL_ROOT}/scripts/backup/backup"
   fi
 
-  fswatch -0 --event Updated $file_path | xargs -0 -n 1 -I {} touch "${CITADEL_ROOT}/events/signals/backup"
+  fswatch -0 --event Updated $file_path | xargs -0 -n 1 -I {} "${CITADEL_ROOT}/scripts/backup/backup"
 }
 
 if [[ ! -d "${CITADEL_ROOT}" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/update/.updateignore b/scripts/update/.updateignore
index b7915c6..92b78e1 100644
--- a/scripts/update/.updateignore
+++ b/scripts/update/.updateignore
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ lnd/*
 statuses
 tor/*
 electrs/*
-events/signals
 logs/*
 app-data/*
 apps/networking.json