diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index f3c4f69ac58deb86822a32cd03fb67b1a0f29dc5..75fed165f6d7da93a19935e216778a1386d66c04 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # ah - Axel Hahn <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
 #
 # 2022-01-14  ah  v1.0
+# 2022-02-10  ah  v1.1  handle local dumps only; improve infos
 # ================================================================================
 
 . $( dirname "$0" )/jobhelper.sh
@@ -125,17 +126,28 @@ EOFhelp
 # show infos
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  cfg_type=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "type")
-  cfg_full=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "full")
-  cfg_startfull=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "start-time-full")
+  # TODO:
+  # check localdump plugins ... what database types are detected
+
+  # --- infos for transfer
 
-  test -z "${cfg_full}${cfg_startfull}" || cfg_info="INFO: Type is [auto]; ignoring config for full backup: [full = $cfg_full ... start-time-full = $cfg_startfull]"
 
-  JOBDEF_STARTTIME=$(date +%H%M)
-  STORAGE_BIN=$( _j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "bin" )
   STORAGE_BASEDIR=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "storage")
 
-  cat << EOFbackupinfo
+  if [ -z "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" ]; then
+    echo "INFO: no value for backup target (in storage = ...)"
+    echo "This is not handled as an error. I will run local backup dumps only; no transfer."
+  else
+    STORAGE_BIN=$( _j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "bin" )
+    cfg_type=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "type")
+    cfg_full=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "full")
+    cfg_startfull=$(_j_getvar "${STORAGEFILE}" "start-time-full")
+
+    test -z "${cfg_full}${cfg_startfull}" || cfg_info="INFO: Type is [auto]; ignoring config for full backup: [full = $cfg_full ... start-time-full = $cfg_startfull]"
+
+    JOBDEF_STARTTIME=$(date +%H%M)
+
+    cat << EOFbackupinfo
 
     CONFIG:
       Used Backup tool : $STORAGE_BIN
@@ -146,22 +158,22 @@ EOFhelp
       type             : $JOBDEF_TYPE $JOBDEF_AUTO
       log              : $JOB_LOGFILE
 
-      target           : ${STORAGE_BASEDIR}$( test -z "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" && echo "NONE (local backup dumps only; no transfer)")
+      target           : ${STORAGE_BASEDIR}
 
 EOFbackupinfo
-
-  test -z "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" || (
-    echo "      dirs to transfer : "
-    j_getDirs2Backup | sed "s#^#                         #g"
-    echo
-  )
-
-  j_requireUser "root"
+    test -z "$STORAGE_BASEDIR" || (
+      echo "      dirs to transfer : "
+      j_getDirs2Backup | sed "s#^#                         #g"
+    )
+  fi
+  echo
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # start backup
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+  j_requireUser "root"
+
   if [ $bStart -eq 1 ]; then
 
     sleep 3