diff --git a/www/backup_path.sh b/www/backup_path.sh
index 456e31d..336705c 100755
--- a/www/backup_path.sh
+++ b/www/backup_path.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mkdir -p "$SSHFS_PATH"
 sshfs "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN:$REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH" "$SSHFS_PATH"
 
 # rsync the files from the remote server to our local backup path.
-rsync -av "$SSHFS_PATH/" "$LOCAL_BACKUP_PATH"
+rsync -av "$SSHFS_PATH" "$LOCAL_BACKUP_PATH"
 
 # step 4: unmount the SSHFS filesystem and cleanup.
 umount "$SSHFS_PATH"