diff --git a/localdump.sh b/localdump.sh
index 094e3ec49f89bdde03aef9bc77192e5457c28619..5b14cc32f60569d980bb4d055d9ce13f5b20d11f 100755
--- a/localdump.sh
+++ b/localdump.sh
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@
     exit 1
   fi
 
-    BACKUP_BASEDIR=
-    BACKUP_PLUGINDIR=
+  LOCALDUMP_LOADED=1
 
-    # Cleanup local dumps older N days
-    typeset -i BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS=0
+  BACKUP_BASEDIR=
+  BACKUP_PLUGINDIR=
 
-    BACKUP_DATE=
+  # Cleanup local dumps older N days
+  typeset -i BACKUP_KEEP_DAYS=0
+
+  BACKUP_DATE=
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # FUNCTIONS 4 DB-WRAPPER
diff --git a/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh b/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
index df941b51c843b5662fd15c063c40708a1807d7c5..d66b70e6c4ebeb430071b955f70b65b0ddb7ee8a 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # 2022-02-18  ah     v2.1  WIP: added counters
 # ================================================================================
 
-if [ -z "$BACKUP_TARGETDIR" ]; then
+if [ -z "$LOCALDUMP_LOADED" ]; then
   echo "ERROR: you cannot start $(basename $0) directly. Start localdump.sh instead."
   rc+=1
   exit 1