diff --git a/server/lib/classes/cron.d/500-backup.inc.php b/server/lib/classes/cron.d/500-backup.inc.php
index 5dcb2d5fc3973ec07abee3d9ee861808bd8a860e..dc755af4c5348d7e43541faf80063e75ca02c500 100644
--- a/server/lib/classes/cron.d/500-backup.inc.php
+++ b/server/lib/classes/cron.d/500-backup.inc.php
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ class cronjob_backup extends cronjob {
 							$db_name = $rec['database_name'];
 							$db_backup_file = 'db_'.$db_name.'_'.date('Y-m-d_H-i').'.sql';
 							//$command = "mysqldump -h '".escapeshellcmd($clientdb_host)."' -u '".escapeshellcmd($clientdb_user)."' -p'".escapeshellcmd($clientdb_password)."' -c --add-drop-table --create-options --quick --result-file='".$db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file."' '".$db_name."'";
-							$command = "mysqldump -h ".escapeshellarg($clientdb_host)." -u ".escapeshellarg($clientdb_user)." -p".escapeshellarg($clientdb_password)." -c --add-drop-table --create-options --quick --max_allowed_packet=512M --result-file='".$db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file."' '".$db_name."'";
+							$command = "mysqldump -h ".escapeshellarg($clientdb_host)." -u ".escapeshellarg($clientdb_user)." -p".escapeshellarg($clientdb_password)." -c --add-drop-table --create-options --quick --max_allowed_packet=512M --result-file='/var/backup/".$db_backup_file."' '".$db_name."'";
 							exec($command, $tmp_output, $retval);
 
 							//* Compress the backup with gzip
-							if($retval == 0) exec("gzip -c '".escapeshellcmd($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file)."' > '".escapeshellcmd($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file).".gz'", $tmp_output, $retval);
+							if($retval == 0) exec("gzip -c '".escapeshellcmd('/var/backup/'.$db_backup_file)."' > '".escapeshellcmd($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file).".gz'", $tmp_output, $retval);
 
 							if($retval == 0){
 								if(is_file($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file.'.gz')){
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class cronjob_backup extends cronjob {
 								if(is_file($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file.'.gz')) unlink($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file.'.gz');
 							}
 							//* Remove the uncompressed file
-							if(is_file($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file)) unlink($db_backup_dir.'/'.$db_backup_file);
+							if(is_file('/var/backup/'.$db_backup_file)) unlink('/var/backup/'.$db_backup_file);
 
 							//* Remove old backups
 							$backup_copies = intval($rec['backup_copies']);