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diff --git a/addons/backup-and-maintenance.sh b/addons/backup-and-maintenance.sh
index 52793175af..cef1d65ea9 100755
--- a/addons/backup-and-maintenance.sh
+++ b/addons/backup-and-maintenance.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if ((  $BACKUPS_AVAILABLE_SPACE > (( $PF_USED_SPACE / 2 )) )); then
     # Backup complete PacketFence installation except logs
     current_tgz=$BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_PF_FILENAME-`date +%F_%Hh%M`.tgz
     if [ ! -f $BACKUP_DIRECTORY$BACKUP_PF_FILENAME ]; then
-        tar -czf $current_tgz $PF_DIRECTORY --exclude=$PF_DIRECTORY'logs/*' --exclude=$PF_DIRECTORY'var/*' --exclude=$PF_DIRECTORY'.git/*'
+        tar -czf $current_tgz --exclude=$PF_DIRECTORY'logs/*' --exclude=$PF_DIRECTORY'var/*' --exclude=$PF_DIRECTORY'.git/*' $PF_DIRECTORY
         BACKUPRC=$?
         if (( $BACKUPRC > 0 )); then
             echo "ERROR: PacketFence files backup was not successful" >&2