diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0a6271..4cfa835 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Currently backs up CouchDB, InfluxDB, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, Redis servers.
 - [About](#about)
 - [Maintainer](#maintainer)
 - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
-  - [Persistent Storage](#persistent-storage)
 - [Prerequisites and Assumptions](#prerequisites-and-assumptions)
 - [Installation](#installation)
   - [Build from Source](#build-from-source)
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ Currently backs up CouchDB, InfluxDB, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, Redis servers.
     - [Multi Architecture](#multi-architecture)
 - [Configuration](#configuration)
   - [Quick Start](#quick-start)
-  - [Persistent Storage](#persistent-storage-1)
+  - [Persistent Storage](#persistent-storage)
   - [Environment Variables](#environment-variables)
     - [Base Images used](#base-images-used)
     - [Container Options](#container-options)
@@ -149,8 +148,6 @@ Be sure to view the following repositories to understand all the customizable op
 | `DB_PASS`          | (optional if DB doesn't require it) password for the database                                                                                                                        |           |
 | `DB_PORT`          | (optional) Set port to connect to DB_HOST. Defaults are provided                                                                                                                     | varies    |
 | `INFLUX_VERSION`   | What Version of Influx are you backing up from `1`.x or `2` series - AMD64 and ARM64 only for `2`                                                                                    |           |
-| `MONGO_HOST_TYPE`  | Connect to regular `mongodb` or `atlas`                                                                                                                                              | `mongodb` |
-|                    | You can also skip this and override the uri prefix with `MONGO_URI_PREFIX=mongodb+srv://` or whatever you would like                                                                 |           |
 | `MONGO_CUSTOM_URI` | If you wish to override the MongoDB Connection string enter it here e.g. `mongodb+srv://username:password@cluster.id.mongodb.net`                                                    |           |
 |                    | This environment variable will be parsed and populate the `DB_NAME` and `DB_HOST` variables to properly build your backup filenames. You can overrde them by making your own entries |
 
diff --git a/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup b/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup
index c158a51..fd35b46 100755
--- a/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup
+++ b/install/assets/defaults/10-db-backup
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ SKIP_AVAILABILITY_CHECK=${SKIP_AVAILABILITY_CHECK:-"FALSE"}
 SPLIT_DB=${SPLIT_DB:-"TRUE"}
 TEMP_LOCATION=${TEMP_LOCATION:-"/tmp/backups"}
 
-if [ -n "${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI}" ]; then MONGO_HOST_TYPE="atlas" ; fi
diff --git a/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup b/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup
index f47a3bc..3c0f662 100755
--- a/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup
+++ b/install/assets/functions/10-db-backup
@@ -170,19 +170,13 @@ backup_mongo() {
     fi
 
     if [ -n "${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI}" ] ; then
-        mongo_generated_uri="${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
+        mongo_backup_parameter="--uri=${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
     else
-        if [ "${MONGO_HOST_TYPE,,}" = "atlas" ] ; then
-            MONGO_URI_PREFIX=${MONGO_URI_PREFIX:-"mongodb+srv://"}
-            mongo_generated_uri="${MONGO_URI_PREFIX}${DB_HOST} ${MONGO_USER_STR}${MONGO_PASS_STR}${MONGO_AUTH_STR}${MONGO_DB_STR} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
-        else
-            MONGO_URI_PREFIX=${MONGO_URI_PREFIX:-"mongodb://"}
-            mongo_generated_uri="${MONGO_URI_PREFIX}${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT} ${MONGO_USER_STR}${MONGO_PASS_STR}${MONGO_AUTH_STR}${MONGO_DB_STR} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
-        fi
+        mongo_backup_parameter="--host ${DB_HOST} --port ${DB_PORT} ${MONGO_USER_STR}${MONGO_PASS_STR}${MONGO_AUTH_STR}${MONGO_DB_STR} ${EXTRA_OPTS}"
     fi
     pre_dbbackup "${DB_NAME}"
     print_notice "Dumping MongoDB database: '${DB_NAME}' ${compression_string}"
-    silent mongodump --archive=${TEMP_LOCATION}/${target} ${mongo_compression} --uri="${mongo_generated_uri}"
+    silent mongodump --archive=${TEMP_LOCATION}/${target} ${mongo_compression} "${mongo_backup_parameter}"
     exit_code=$?
     check_exit_code $target
     generate_checksum
@@ -399,7 +393,7 @@ check_availability() {
                 esac
             ;;
             "mongo" )
-                if [ "${MONGO_HOST_TYPE,,}" = "atlas" ] ; then
+                if [ -n "${MONGO_CUSTOM_URI}" ] ; then
                     print_debug "Skipping Connectivity Check"
                 else
                     counter=0
@@ -828,3 +822,23 @@ EOF
     fi
 }
 
+urlencode() {
+    old_lc_collate=$LC_COLLATE
+    LC_COLLATE=C
+
+    local length="${#1}"
+    for (( i = 0; i < length; i++ )); do
+        local c="${1:$i:1}"
+        case $c in
+            [a-zA-Z0-9.~_-]) printf '%s' "$c" ;;
+            *) printf '%%%02X' "'$c" ;;
+        esac
+    done
+
+    LC_COLLATE=$old_lc_collate
+}
+
+urldecode() {
+    local url_encoded="${1//+/ }"
+    printf '%b' "${url_encoded//%/\\x}"
+}
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