diff --git a/slapos/recipe/postgres/__init__.py b/slapos/recipe/postgres/__init__.py
index 26fd94e6ac09978592a5c15c698b119a7e9bbee3..cea26e5ea6c67166a993b63463a0ba6f37d80aa7 100644
--- a/slapos/recipe/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/slapos/recipe/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -206,26 +206,22 @@ class ExportRecipe(GenericBaseRecipe):
 
     def install(self):
         pgdata = self.options['pgdata-directory']
-
-        ret = []
-
         wrapper = self.options['wrapper']
         self.createBackupScript(wrapper)
-        ret.append(wrapper)
-
-        return ret
+        return [wrapper]
 
 
     def createBackupScript(self, wrapper):
         """
-        Create a script to backup the database in plain SQL format.
+        Create a script to backup the database in 'custom' format.
         """
         content = textwrap.dedent("""\
                 #!/bin/sh
                 umask 077
                 %(bin)s/pg_dump \\
-                        -h %(pgdata-directory)s \\
-                        -f %(backup-directory)s/backup.sql \\
+                        --host=%(pgdata-directory)s \\
+                        --format=custom \\
+                        --file=%(backup-directory)s/backup.dump \\
                         %(dbname)s
                 """ % self.options)
         self.createExecutable(wrapper, content=content)
@@ -236,23 +232,24 @@ class ImportRecipe(GenericBaseRecipe):
 
     def install(self):
         pgdata = self.options['pgdata-directory']
-
-        ret = []
-        if not os.path.exists(pgdata):
-            wrapper = self.options['wrapper']
-            self.createRestoreScript(wrapper)
-            ret.append(wrapper)
-
-        return ret
+        wrapper = self.options['wrapper']
+        self.createRestoreScript(wrapper)
+        return [wrapper]
 
 
     def createRestoreScript(self, wrapper):
         """
-        Create a script to backup the database in plain SQL format.
+        Create a script to restore the database from 'custom' format.
         """
         content = textwrap.dedent("""\
                 #!/bin/sh
-                %(bin)s/pg_restore -h %(pgdata-directory)s -d %(dbname)s %(backup-directory)s/backup.sql
+                %(bin)s/pg_restore \\
+                        --host=%(pgdata-directory)s \\
+                        --dbname=%(dbname)s \\
+                        --clean \\
+                        --no-owner \\
+                        --no-acl \\
+                        %(backup-directory)s/backup.dump
                 """ % self.options)
         self.createExecutable(wrapper, content=content)
 
diff --git a/stack/lapp/buildout.cfg b/stack/lapp/buildout.cfg
index 9bb6f414631a191da8e4620e25c7280e8e0d0a1d..6915e690fa4117526ac4c0057e03c45f95aa4758 100644
--- a/stack/lapp/buildout.cfg
+++ b/stack/lapp/buildout.cfg
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ mode = 0644
 recipe = slapos.recipe.template
 url = ${:_profile_base_location_}/postgres/instance-postgres-import.cfg.in
 output = ${buildout:directory}/instance-postgres-import.cfg
-md5sum = feb43a65eefd9c5dea8e7d3551465956
+md5sum = 1989ba2164dd5f79793a04e0a02ea515
 mode = 0644
 
 [instance-postgres-export]
diff --git a/stack/lapp/postgres/instance-postgres-import.cfg.in b/stack/lapp/postgres/instance-postgres-import.cfg.in
index f267370bf68d80a6924a04376eee12f1c542c73b..5b2ac52a9eebcb928d5f54b2d91c90e4c378beb9 100644
--- a/stack/lapp/postgres/instance-postgres-import.cfg.in
+++ b/stack/lapp/postgres/instance-postgres-import.cfg.in
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 extends = ${instance-postgres:output}
           ${pbsready-import:output}
 
-parts += postgres-instance
+
+parts +=
+  postgres-instance
 
 [importer]
 recipe = slapos.cookbook:postgres.import
-wrapper = $${rootdirectory:bin}/resilient-importer
+wrapper = $${rootdirectory:bin}/$${slap-parameter:namebase}-importer
 bin = $${postgres-instance:bin}
 pgdata-directory = $${postgres-instance:pgdata-directory}
 backup-directory = $${postgres-instance:backup-directory}