diff --git a/scripts/backup.ts b/scripts/backup.ts
index 013fc24..d3ac3e7 100644
--- a/scripts/backup.ts
+++ b/scripts/backup.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { execSync, type ExecSyncOptions } from "child_process";
 import path from "path";
 import s3UploadFile from "../utils/s3-upload";
 
+const BACKUP_NAME = `.backup`;
 const BACKUP_DIR = `/root/backups`;
 const BACKUP_FILE_NAME = "backup.tar.xz";
-const BACKUP_DIR_BACKUP = path.join(BACKUP_DIR, `.backup`);
+const BACKUP_DIR_BACKUP = path.join(BACKUP_DIR, BACKUP_NAME);
 const DOCKER_VOLUMES_DIR = "/var/lib/docker/volumes";
 const DOCKER_VOLUMES_BACKUP_DIR = path.join(
     BACKUP_DIR_BACKUP,
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ syncDockerVolsCmd += ` ${DOCKER_VOLUMES_DIR}/ ${DOCKER_VOLUMES_BACKUP_DIR}/`;
 
 execSync(syncDockerVolsCmd, execOpts);
 
-execSync(`tar -czvf ${BACKUP_FILE_TAR} ${BACKUP_DIR_BACKUP}`, execOpts);
+execSync(`tar -czvf ${BACKUP_FILE_TAR} ${BACKUP_NAME}`, {
+    ...execOpts,
+    cwd: BACKUP_DIR,
+});
 
 await s3UploadFile({
     fileName: R2_FILE_NAME,