diff --git a/varbackup b/varbackup
index f2a9d45..4dbc2ff 100755
--- a/varbackup
+++ b/varbackup
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CONFDIR=$BASEDIR/backup/
 
 if [ ! -d "$BACKUPDIR" ]; then
   [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating backup directory ${BACKUPDIR}"
-  mkdir -p "${BACKUPDIR}" 
+  mkdir -p "${BACKUPDIR}"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f "${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ if [ ! -f "${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
 fi
 
 [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "pack var directory"
-tar --numeric-owner -cf ./backup/var/new.tar -C ${BASEDIR} var
+cd ${BASEDIR}
+tar --numeric-owner -cf backup/var/new.tar var
 
 if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar)" ]; then
-  cp ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && mv ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.state ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
+  cp ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && \
+  mv ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && \
+  /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.state ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
 else
   rm ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar
 fi