diff --git a/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restore.sh b/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restore.sh
index af2c77c70..63cbc0c94 100644
--- a/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restore.sh
+++ b/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restore.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ mysql -u root nextcloud <  "$TMPDIR"/nextcloud-sqlbkp_*.bak || { echo "Error res
 
 ## RESTORE DATADIR
 
+DATADIR=$( grep datadirectory "$NCDIR"/config/config.php | awk '{ print $3 }' | grep -oP "[^']*[^']" | head -1 ) 
+[[ "$DATADIR" == "" ]] && { echo "Error reading data directory"; exit 1; }
+
 cd "$NCDIR"
 
 ### INCLUDEDATA=yes situation
@@ -100,9 +103,6 @@ cd "$NCDIR"
 NUMFILES=2
 if [[ $( ls "$TMPDIR" | wc -l ) -eq $NUMFILES ]]; then
 
-  DATADIR=$( grep datadirectory "$NCDIR"/config/config.php | awk '{ print $3 }' | grep -oP "[^']*[^']" | head -1 ) 
-  [[ "$DATADIR" == "" ]] && { echo "Error reading data directory"; exit 1; }
-
   [[ -e "$DATADIR" ]] && { 
     echo "backing up existing $DATADIR to $DATADIR-$( date "+%m-%d-%y" )..."
     mv "$DATADIR" "$DATADIR-$( date "+%m-%d-%y" )" || exit 1
@@ -115,21 +115,29 @@ if [[ $( ls "$TMPDIR" | wc -l ) -eq $NUMFILES ]]; then
     rmdir "$DATADIR"                  || exit 1
     btrfs subvolume create "$DATADIR" || exit 1
   }
-  chown www-data:www-data "$DATADIR"
+  chown www-data: "$DATADIR"
   TMPDATA="$TMPDIR/$( basename "$DATADIR" )"
   mv "$TMPDATA"/* "$TMPDATA"/.[!.]* "$DATADIR" || exit 1
   rmdir "$TMPDATA"                             || exit 1
 
-  sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:mode --off
+  ncc maintenance:mode --off
 
 ### INCLUDEDATA=no situation
 
 else
-  echo "no datadir found in backup"
-  DATADIR="$NCDIR"/data
+  echo "No datadir found in backup"
+
+  [[ -e "$DATADIR" ]] || {
+    echo "${DATADIR} not found. Resetting to ${NCDIR}/data"
+    DATADIR="$NCDIR"/data
+    mkdir -p "${DATADIR}"
+    touch "${DATADIR}"/.ocdata
+    chown www-data: "${DATADIR}"
+    sed -i "s|'datadirectory' =>.*|'datadirectory' => '${DATADIR}',|" "$NCDIR"/config/config.php
+  }
 
-  sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:mode --off
-  sudo -u www-data php occ files:scan --all
+  ncc maintenance:mode --off
+  ncc files:scan --all
 
   # cache needs to be cleaned as of NC 12
   NEED_RESTART=1
@@ -140,12 +148,15 @@ sed -i "s|^opcache.file_cache=.*|opcache.file_cache=$DATADIR/.opcache|" /etc/php
 
 # tmp upload dir
 mkdir -p "$DATADIR/tmp"
-chown www-data:www-data "$DATADIR/tmp"
-sudo -u www-data php occ config:system:set tempdirectory --value "$DATADIR/tmp"
+chown www-data: "$DATADIR/tmp"
+ncc config:system:set tempdirectory --value "$DATADIR/tmp"
 sed -i "s|^;\?upload_tmp_dir =.*$|upload_tmp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|" /etc/php/${PHPVER}/cli/php.ini
 sed -i "s|^;\?upload_tmp_dir =.*$|upload_tmp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|" /etc/php/${PHPVER}/fpm/php.ini
 sed -i "s|^;\?sys_temp_dir =.*$|sys_temp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|"     /etc/php/${PHPVER}/fpm/php.ini
 
+# logs
+ncc config:system:set logfile --value="$DATADIR/nextcloud.log"
+
 # update fail2ban logpath
 [[ ! -f /.docker-image ]] && {
   sed -i "s|logpath  =.*|logpath  = $DATADIR/nextcloud.log|" /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
@@ -156,10 +167,10 @@ sed -i "s|^;\?sys_temp_dir =.*$|sys_temp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|"     /etc/php/${PHP
 bash /usr/local/bin/nextcloud-domain.sh
 
 # update the systems data-fingerprint
-sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:data-fingerprint
+ncc maintenance:data-fingerprint
 
 # refresh thumbnails
-sudo -u www-data php occ files:scan-app-data
+ncc files:scan-app-data
 
 # restart PHP if needed
 [[ "$NEED_RESTART" == "1" ]] && \
diff --git a/bin/ncp/CONFIG/nc-datadir.sh b/bin/ncp/CONFIG/nc-datadir.sh
index f733cabec..a9be2df9e 100644
--- a/bin/ncp/CONFIG/nc-datadir.sh
+++ b/bin/ncp/CONFIG/nc-datadir.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ configure()
 
   ## CHECKS
   local SRCDIR
-  SRCDIR=$( cd /var/www/nextcloud; sudo -u www-data php occ config:system:get datadirectory ) || {
+  SRCDIR=$( cd /var/www/nextcloud; ncc config:system:get datadirectory ) || {
     echo -e "Error reading data directory. Is NextCloud running and configured?";
     return 1;
   }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ configure()
 
   ## COPY
   cd /var/www/nextcloud
-  sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:mode --on
+  ncc maintenance:mode --on
 
   echo "moving data directory from $SRCDIR to $DATADIR..."
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configure()
   # tmp upload dir
   mkdir -p "$DATADIR/tmp"
   chown www-data:www-data "$DATADIR/tmp"
-  sudo -u www-data php occ config:system:set tempdirectory --value "$DATADIR/tmp"
+  ncc config:system:set tempdirectory --value "$DATADIR/tmp"
   sed -i "s|^;\?upload_tmp_dir =.*$|uploadtmp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|" /etc/php/${PHPVER}/cli/php.ini
   sed -i "s|^;\?upload_tmp_dir =.*$|upload_tmp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|" /etc/php/${PHPVER}/fpm/php.ini
   sed -i "s|^;\?sys_temp_dir =.*$|sys_temp_dir = $DATADIR/tmp|"     /etc/php/${PHPVER}/fpm/php.ini
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ configure()
   sed -i "s|logpath  =.*nextcloud.log|logpath  = $DATADIR/nextcloud.log|" /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
 
   # datadir
-  sudo -u www-data php occ config:system:set datadirectory --value="$DATADIR"
-  sudo -u www-data php occ config:system:set logfile --value="$DATADIR/nextcloud.log"
-  sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:mode --off
+  ncc config:system:set datadirectory --value="$DATADIR"
+  ncc config:system:set logfile --value="$DATADIR/nextcloud.log"
+  ncc maintenance:mode --off
 }
 
 # License
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d370ebc8d..637db192c 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 
-[v1.38.0](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/d5f50a1) (2021-08-09) upgrade to NC20.0.12
+[v1.38.2](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/82e4e72) (2021-08-16) nc-restore: try to detect old datadir in dataless restoration
 
-[v1.37.9](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/b8c1409) (2021-08-09) letsencrypt: ability to disable it and roll back to self-signed certificates
+[v1.38.1 ](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/4f29d94) (2021-08-16) nextcloud.conf.sh: Prevent apache config test output to end up in generated template
+
+[v1.38.0](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/6e2dca5) (2021-08-09) upgrade to NC20.0.12
+
+[v1.37.9 ](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/b8c1409) (2021-08-09) letsencrypt: ability to disable it and roll back to self-signed certificates
 
 [v1.37.8 ](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/5a05b89) (2021-08-08) nextcloud: remove beta option
 
diff --git a/etc/ncp-config.d/nc-backup.cfg b/etc/ncp-config.d/nc-backup.cfg
index 4933fbb79..eeb8762c8 100644
--- a/etc/ncp-config.d/nc-backup.cfg
+++ b/etc/ncp-config.d/nc-backup.cfg
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   "id": "nc-backup",
   "name": "nc-backup",
   "title": "nc-backup",
-  "description": "Backup this NC instance to a file. This will always include the current Nextcloud directory and the Database. You can choose to include or exclude NC-data.",
-  "info": "",
+  "description": "Backup this NC instance to a file",
+  "info": "This will always include the current Nextcloud directory and the Database.\nYou can choose to include or exclude NC-data.",
   "infotitle": "",
   "params": [
     {
diff --git a/updates/1.38.0.sh b/updates/1.39.0.sh
similarity index 95%
rename from updates/1.38.0.sh
rename to updates/1.39.0.sh
index da5d63fef..1d7194e22 100644
--- a/updates/1.38.0.sh
+++ b/updates/1.39.0.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ echo "*/5  *  *  *  * php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php" > "${crontab_tmp}"
 crontab -u www-data "${crontab_tmp}"
 rm "${crontab_tmp}"
 
+## update nc-restore
+install_app nc-restore
 
 # docker images only
 [[ -f /.docker-image ]] && {