diff --git a/dobackup.sh b/dobackup.sh
index 7b48988..785c8b2 100644
--- a/dobackup.sh
+++ b/dobackup.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "creating archive"
-tar -zcvf "${FILE_NAME}" "${TARGET}"
+tar -zcvf "${FILE_NAME}" ${TARGET}
 echo "uploading archive to S3 [${FILE_NAME}, storage class - ${S3_STORAGE_CLASS}]"
 aws s3 ${AWS_ARGS} cp --storage-class "${S3_STORAGE_CLASS}" "${FILE_NAME}" "${S3_BUCKET_URL}"
 echo "removing local archive"