diff --git a/PVE/VZDump.pm b/PVE/VZDump.pm
index 835e878b..893a0d2b 100644
--- a/PVE/VZDump.pm
+++ b/PVE/VZDump.pm
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ sub storage_info {
 
     return {
 	dumpdir => PVE::Storage::get_backup_dir($cfg, $storage),
+	maxfiles => $scfg->{maxfiles},
     };
 }
 
@@ -486,15 +487,10 @@ sub new {
 	my $pd = $p->new ($self);
 
 	push @{$self->{plugins}}, $pd;
-
-	if (!$opts->{dumpdir} && !$opts->{storage} && 
-	    ($p eq 'PVE::VZDump::OpenVZ')) {
-	    $opts->{dumpdir} = $pd->{dumpdir};
-	}
     }
 
     if (!$opts->{dumpdir} && !$opts->{storage}) {
-	die "no dumpdir/storage specified - use option '--dumpdir' or option '--storage'\n";
+	$opts->{storage} = 'local';
     }
 
     if ($opts->{storage}) {
diff --git a/debian/changelog.Debian b/debian/changelog.Debian
index d132835f..f1d73fc4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.Debian
+++ b/debian/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+pve-manager (2.0-45) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * fix bug 124: correctly return maxfiles flag
+  
+  * vzdump: use storage 'local' as default backup target (instead of using
+    Openvz dump directory settings)
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:36:15 +0100
+
 pve-manager (2.0-44) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Disable automatic file removal on 'Backup now'
diff --git a/defines.mk b/defines.mk
index a0bb686b..f2d76aef 100644
--- a/defines.mk
+++ b/defines.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.0
 
 VERSION=2.0
 PACKAGE=pve-manager
-PACKAGERELEASE=44
+PACKAGERELEASE=45
 
 BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 PERLLIBDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/perl5