diff --git a/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup b/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
index 2ecb4632..09625694 100644
--- a/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
+++ b/roles/shell/files/usr/local/bin/backup
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 BACKUPS=/var/backups
 DUMPS=7
 
-LEVEL0=$(find $BACKUPS -name "*full.tgz")
+LEVEL0=$(find $BACKUPS -name "*full.tgz" | sort | tail -n1)
 INCR=$(find $BACKUPS -name "*incremental.tgz" | wc -l)
 
 if [ -e $LEVEL0 ] && [ $INCR -le $DUMPS ]
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ then
 else
   TYPE=full
   rm -f $BACKUPS/*.snapshot
+  # Remove dumps and the previous backup if there is another one.
+  find $BACKUPS -name "*tgz" ! -newer $LEVEL0 -exec rm {} \;
 fi
 
 tar -cz \
@@ -45,8 +47,6 @@ chmod 640 $BACKUPS/{*.tgz,$TYPE.snapshot}
 if [ $TYPE = full ]
 then
   cp -p $BACKUPS/full.snapshot $BACKUPS/incremental.snapshot
-  # Remove dumps and the previous backup if there is another one.
-  [ -e $LEVEL0 ] && rm $LEVEL0 $BACKUPS/*incremental.tgz
 fi
 
 # Database backup