diff --git a/ab-openldap/backup.sh b/ab-openldap/backup.sh
index 1486b23..abc2cba 100755
--- a/ab-openldap/backup.sh
+++ b/ab-openldap/backup.sh
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ if [ -d "$outputLocation" ]; then
     fi
 else
     # create directory
-    if ! mkdir -p "$outputLocation" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! mkdir -p "${outputLocation%/}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
         exitError '1' "Unable to create output path: $outputLocation" 'nc'
     else
         logInfo "Writing output to: $outputLocation"
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ elif [ $extract = 'false' ]; then
         exitError 6 'Unable to copy backup archive from container to host.'
     fi
     logInfo 'done'
-    logInfo "Backup file: $outputLocation/ldap-${fileDate}.tar.gz"
+    logInfo "Backup file: ${outputLocation%/}/ldap-${fileDate}.tar.gz"
 
     ## cleanup and log success
     cleanup