diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 0223669b6c5a281f0bd4134fa78d055222511f42..50db57d763ffcf9b3f7328e15cbee2b90a0bd1d8 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dateformat=$(date +%F_%H)UTC$ext
         mkdir -p $backupdir
     fi
     screen -r mc -p 0 -X stuff "auto-save off" #Sends an input to screen-session conatining the papermc-server to disable world saving from minecraft
-    tar -czf $backupdir$dateformat --exclude="plugins/dynmap/web/tiles" --exclude="cache/" --exclude="*.gz" --exclude="spigo*.jar" --exclude="paper*.jar" /papermc/* #creates a compressed tarball of the minecraft folder
+    tar -czf $backupdir$dateformat --exclude="plugins/dynmap/web/tiles" --exclude="cache/" --exclude="*.gz" --exclude="spigo*.jar" --exclude="paper*.jar" papermc/* #creates a compressed tarball of the minecraft folder
     screen -r mc -p 0 -X stuff "auto-save on" #enables it again
     chmod +rw $backupdir$dateformat
     echo "Backup complete."