diff --git a/client/driver/driver_config.py b/client/driver/driver_config.py
index ff091f2..1e5c72a 100644
--- a/client/driver/driver_config.py
+++ b/client/driver/driver_config.py
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ DB_HOST = 'localhost'
 # Database port
 DB_PORT = '5432'
 
+# If set to True, DB_CONF file is mounted to database container file
+# Only available when HOST_CONN is docker or remote_docker
+DB_CONF_MOUNT = True
+
 # Path to the configuration file on the database server
+# If DB_CONF_MOUNT is True, the path is on the host server, not docker
 DB_CONF = '/etc/postgresql/9.6/main/postgresql.conf'
 
 # Path to the directory for storing database dump files
diff --git a/client/driver/fabfile.py b/client/driver/fabfile.py
index 95494f3..7b1d1a9 100644
--- a/client/driver/fabfile.py
+++ b/client/driver/fabfile.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def change_conf(next_conf=None):
     with open(tmp_conf_out, 'w') as f:
         f.write(''.join(lines))
 
-    sudo('cp {0} {0}.ottertune.bak'.format(dconf.DB_CONF))
+    sudo('cp {0} {0}.ottertune.bak'.format(dconf.DB_CONF), remote_only=True)
     put(tmp_conf_out, dconf.DB_CONF, use_sudo=False)
     local('rm -f {} {}'.format(tmp_conf_in, tmp_conf_out))
 
diff --git a/client/driver/utils.py b/client/driver/utils.py
index e454ef2..712046f 100644
--- a/client/driver/utils.py
+++ b/client/driver/utils.py
@@ -146,10 +146,18 @@ def get(remote_path, local_path, use_sudo=False):
     else:  # docker or remote_docker
         docker_cmd = 'docker cp -L {}:{} {}'.format(dconf.CONTAINER_NAME, remote_path, local_path)
         if dconf.HOST_CONN == 'docker':
-            res = local(docker_cmd)
+            if dconf.DB_CONF_MOUNT is True:
+                pre_cmd = 'sudo ' if use_sudo else ''
+                opts = '-r' if os.path.isdir(remote_path) else ''
+                res = local('{}cp {} {} {}'.format(pre_cmd, opts, remote_path, local_path))
+            else:
+                res = local(docker_cmd)
         elif dconf.HOST_CONN == 'remote_docker':
-            res = sudo(docker_cmd, remote_only=True)
-            res = _get(local_path, local_path, use_sudo)
+            if dconf.DB_CONF_MOUNT is True:
+                res = _get(remote_path, local_path, use_sudo=use_sudo)
+            else:
+                res = sudo(docker_cmd, remote_only=True)
+                res = _get(local_path, local_path, use_sudo)
         else:
             raise Exception('wrong HOST_CONN type {}'.format(dconf.HOST_CONN))
     return res
@@ -168,10 +176,18 @@ def put(local_path, remote_path, use_sudo=False):
     else:  # docker or remote_docker
         docker_cmd = 'docker cp -L {} {}:{}'.format(local_path, dconf.CONTAINER_NAME, remote_path)
         if dconf.HOST_CONN == 'docker':
-            res = local(docker_cmd)
+            if dconf.DB_CONF_MOUNT is True:
+                pre_cmd = 'sudo ' if use_sudo else ''
+                opts = '-r' if os.path.isdir(local_path) else ''
+                res = local('{}cp {} {} {}'.format(pre_cmd, opts, local_path, remote_path))
+            else:
+                res = local(docker_cmd)
         elif dconf.HOST_CONN == 'remote_docker':
-            res = _put(local_path, local_path, use_sudo=True)
-            res = sudo(docker_cmd, remote_only=True)
+            if dconf.DB_CONF_MOUNT is True:
+                res = _put(local_path, remote_path, use_sudo=use_sudo)
+            else:
+                res = _put(local_path, local_path, use_sudo=True)
+                res = sudo(docker_cmd, remote_only=True)
         else:
             raise Exception('wrong HOST_CONN type {}'.format(dconf.HOST_CONN))
     return res