diff --git a/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json b/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
index 03ed6a9..4c08963 100644
--- a/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
+++ b/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
 {
-	"bookmarks": [
-		{
-			"fsPath": "$ROOTPATH$/backup/backup.sh",
-			"bookmarks": [
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				-1,
-				352
-			]
-		}
-	]
+	"bookmarks": []
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backup/backup.sh b/backup/backup.sh
index c5461b2..612c771 100644
--- a/backup/backup.sh
+++ b/backup/backup.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ badParam () {
 
 # cleanup
 cleanup () {
-        # cleanup 503 if copied
+    # cleanup 503 if copied
     if [ "$err503Copied" -eq 1 ]; then
         if ! rm -f "$webroot/$err503File" 2>>"$logFile"; then
             printf "%s[%s] -- [WARNING] Could not remove 503 error page." \
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ cleanup () {
                 "$cyan" "$(stamp)" "$norm" >> "$logFile"
         fi        
     fi
+    # cleanup SQL dump directory if created
+    if [ "$sqlDumpDirCreated" -eq 1 ]; then
+        if ! rm -rf "$sqlDumpDir" 2>>"$logFile"; then
+            printf "%s[%s] -- [WARNING] Could not remove temporary SQL-dump directory. Sorry for the mess. --%s\n" \
+                "$warn" "$(stamp)" "$norm" >> "$logFile"
+        else
+            printf "%s[%s] -- [INFO] Temporary SQL-dump directory removed successfully --%s\n" \
+                "$cyan" "$(stamp)" "$norm" >> "$logFile"
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
 # call cleanup and then exit with error report