diff --git a/check_clientbackup b/check_clientbackup
index 125d3c1d461eb216415d7569c935f6bb2ff9451c..753d0f685e5a3df7d3e05aede433e69e69b1d3b7 100755
--- a/check_clientbackup
+++ b/check_clientbackup
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for dbtype in $( echo "$result" | grep -o '__DB__[a-z][a-z0-9]*' | sort -u )
 do
         echo "$result" | grep "$dbtype\ backup" >/dev/null \
                 && echo --- local dumps "${dbtype//__DB__/}" \
-                && echo "$result" | grep "$dbtype" | grep -v ".log" \
+                && echo "$result" | grep "$dbtype" | grep -v "\.log" \
                 && echo
 done