diff --git a/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh b/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
index bbc9549f1dd0c422c253440053309325055cb918..5a896508dc34ba4d221020a984b3e0a7abfdd1ba 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# ================================================================================
#
# LOCALDUMP :: POSTGRES
+# ================================================================================
+#
+# LOCALDUMP :: POSTGRES
 # create gzipped plain text backups from each scheme
 #
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -8,12 +10,14 @@
 #
 # 2016-11-10  ah,ds  v1.0
 # 2017-03-29  .....  v1.1  added restore
+# 2022-01-20         v1.2  fixes with shellcheck
 # ================================================================================
 
-  if [ -z $BACKUP_TARGETDIR ]; then
-    echo ERROR: you cannot start `basename $0` directly
-    exit 1
-  fi
+if [ -z "$BACKUP_TARGETDIR" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: you cannot start $(basename $0) directly"
+  rc=$rc+1
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # CONFIG
@@ -32,29 +36,29 @@ function doPgsqlBackup(){
   create_targetdir
 
   # ----- change owner of directory because of su command
-  chown ${PGUSER}. ${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}
+  chown ${PGUSER}. "${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}"
 
   # ----- GO
 
   sSqlGetDblist="select datname from pg_database where not datistemplate and datallowconn order by datname;"
-  for DATABASE in `su ${PGUSER} -c "psql -At -c '$sSqlGetDblist' postgres" 2>/dev/null`
+  for DATABASE in $(su ${PGUSER} -c "psql -At -c '$sSqlGetDblist' postgres" 2>/dev/null)
   do
     echo "----- $DATABASE"
     echo -n "backup ... "
-    OUTFILE=${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}/`get_outfile ${DATABASE}`.sql
+    OUTFILE="${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}/$(get_outfile ${DATABASE}).sql"
     su ${PGUSER} -c "pg_dump -Fp ${DATABASE} >$OUTFILE"
     fetchrc
 
     if [ $myrc -eq 0 ]; then
       echo -n "compress ... "
-      compress_file $OUTFILE
+      compress_file "$OUTFILE"
     else
       color error
       echo "ERROR occured - no gzip"
       color reset
       # mv $OUTFILE $OUTFILE
     fi
-    ls -l $OUTFILE*
+    ls -l "$OUTFILE"*
   echo
   done
 }
@@ -67,9 +71,9 @@ function restoreByFile(){
   sMyfile=$1
   sMyDb=$2
 
-  if [ -z $sMyDb ]; then
+  if [ -z "$sMyDb" ]; then
     h2 "analyze dump $sMyfile"
-    sMyDb=`guessDB $sMyfile`
+    sMyDb="$(guessDB "$sMyfile" )"
     echo "detected db schema from file: [${sMyDb}]"
   else
     echo "db schema from param 2: [${sMyDb}]"
@@ -77,22 +81,22 @@ function restoreByFile(){
 
   echo
 
-  echo import to $sMyDb...
+  echo import to "$sMyDb"...
 
-  h2 deleting database [$sMyDb] ...
+  h2 "deleting database [$sMyDb] ..."
   color cmd
   su ${PGUSER} -c "dropdb ${sMyDb}"
   color reset
 
-  h2 ensure that database exists ...
+  h2 "ensure that database exists ..."
   color cmd
   su ${PGUSER} -c "psql -c \"CREATE DATABASE ${sMyDb};\""
   fetchrc
   color reset
 
-  h2 import ...
+  h2 "import ..."
   ls -l "${sMyfile}"
-  echo import to database [${sMyDb}]
+  echo "import to database [${sMyDb}]"
   color cmd
   zcat "${sMyfile}" | su ${PGUSER} -c "psql -d ${sMyDb}"
   fetchrc
@@ -123,6 +127,6 @@ function restoreByFile(){
 
   fi
 
-  echo $0 $* [postgres] final returncode rc=$rc
+  echo "$0 $* [postgres] final returncode rc=$rc"
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------