diff --git a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh
index e64dfd3..04a1946 100755
--- a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh
+++ b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ docker exec -i medicine-stack-postgres pg_dump --no-owner -U postgres -F p medic
   --exclude-table-data=riisz_logging \
   --exclude-table-data=reversion_*
 
-cd /root/medicine-backups/
-rm archive_filename || true
-tar -czf archive_filename backup_filename
-rm backup_filename
+rm "${archive_filename}" || true
+tar -czf "${archive_filename}" "${backup_filename}"
+rm "${backup_filename}"
diff --git a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh
index 16fad85..6283386 100755
--- a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh
+++ b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ backup_filename="medicine_remd_${weekday}.sql"
 archive_filename="medicine_remd_${weekday}.tar.gz"
 docker exec -i medicine-stack-postgres pg_dump --no-owner -U postgres -F p medicine_remd > "${backup_filename}"
 
-cd /root/medicine-backups/
-rm archive_filename || true
-tar -czf archive_filename backup_filename
-rm backup_filename
+rm "${archive_filename}" || true
+tar -czf "${archive_filename}" "${backup_filename}"
+rm "${backup_filename}"