diff --git a/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup b/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
index f921e72d..4c55ed03 100644
--- a/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
+++ b/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-mysqldump --all-databases > /var/backups/all_databases.sql
+DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+PATH='/var/backups'
+
+mysqldump --all-databases > $PATH/all_databases.sql
 
 tar -cvz \
  --exclude ".nobackup" \
@@ -20,11 +23,11 @@ tar -cvz \
  /var/lib/bzflag/ \
  /var/spool/cron/ \
  /var/spool/anacron/ \
- /var/backups/all_databases.sql \
- -f /var/backups/`date +%Y%m%d`.tgz
+ $PATH/all_databases.sql \
+ -f $PATH/$DATE.tgz
 
-chown root:sudo /var/backups/$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz
-chmod 640 /var/backups/*.tgz
+chown root:sudo $PATH/$DATE.tgz
+chmod 640 $PATH/*.tgz
 
-find /var/backups -name "*.tgz" -mtime +3 -exec rm {} \;
-rm /var/backups/all_databases.sql
+find $PATH -name "*.tgz" -mtime +3 -exec rm {} \;
+rm $PATH/all_databases.sql