diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 812279d..039e4fe 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ export logFile="$logFile"
 
 ### Create sqlDump temporary directory and sqlDumpFile name
 sqlDumpDir=$( mktemp -d )
-sqlDumpFile="backup-`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.sql"
+sqlDumpFile="backup-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).sql"
 echo -e "${info}[$(stamp)] -- [INFO] mySQL dump file will be stored" \
     "at: ${lit}${sqlDumpDir}/${sqlDumpFile}${normal}" >> "$logFile"