diff --git a/snapper-post b/snapper-post
index 7b0fe68..17afb48 100755
--- a/snapper-post
+++ b/snapper-post
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PREFILE_PREFIX="/usr/share/libalpm/hooks.bin/snap-pac/.pre"
 for x in $CONFIGS; do
     if [ -f $PREFILE_PREFIX"_"$x ]; then
         SNAPPERPACPRE=$(cat $PREFILE_PREFIX"_"$x)
-        snapper --config $x create --cleanup-algorithm number --type post --pre-number $SNAPPERPACPRE --description "$PRE_DESCRIPTION"
+        snapper --config $x create --cleanup-algorithm $CLEANUP_ALGORITHM --type post --pre-number $SNAPPERPACPRE --description "$PRE_DESCRIPTION"
         rm $PREFILE_PREFIX"_"$x
     else
         echo "WARNING: $PREFILE_PREFIX"_"$x does not exist, so not performing post snapshot. If you are initially installing snap-pac, this is normal."
diff --git a/snapper-pre b/snapper-pre
index e086bd2..d042209 100755
--- a/snapper-pre
+++ b/snapper-pre
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ source /etc/snap-pac.conf
 
 PREFILE_PREFIX="/usr/share/libalpm/hooks.bin/snap-pac/.pre"
 for x in $CONFIGS; do
-    snapper --config $x create --type pre --cleanup-algorithm number --print-number --description "$POST_DESCRIPTION" > $PREFILE_PREFIX"_"$x
+    snapper --config $x create --type pre --cleanup-algorithm $CLEANUP_ALGORITHM --print-number --description "$POST_DESCRIPTION" > $PREFILE_PREFIX"_"$x
 done