diff --git a/helperbot b/helperbot
index a688661..b7a0367 100755
--- a/helperbot
+++ b/helperbot
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ function postgres_vacuum_self {
 # reusable step to backup databases - postgres_backup [postgres-db-1] [user_and_db_name] [output_name] [$backup_working_directory]
 function postgres_backup {
     # for some reason, doing a dump *doesn't* require a password apparently. huh
-    docker exec "$1" /bin/bash -c "pg_dump "$2" --username "$2" > "$3".sql"
+    docker exec "$1" /bin/bash -c "pg_dump "$2" --username "$2" > /"$3".sql"
     docker cp "$1":/$3.sql $4/$3/$3.sql
     docker exec "$1" /bin/bash -c "rm "$3".sql"
 }