diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index d97a8c491f2453b24caa9613fd82db364356f02b..3a7119f262485929ba8c61ca3c1a501dddbf1cef 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ dateformat=$(date +%F_%H)UTC$ext
         mkdir -p $backupdir
     fi
     screen -r mc -p 0 -X stuff "save-off^M" #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 "save-on^M" #enables it again
     chmod +rw $backupdir$dateformat
     echo "Backup complete."
 
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+exit 0