diff --git a/resources/backups/database_dumper/dump_database.sh b/resources/backups/database_dumper/dump_database.sh
index 60909e69..6d4cdd09 100755
--- a/resources/backups/database_dumper/dump_database.sh
+++ b/resources/backups/database_dumper/dump_database.sh
@@ -96,14 +96,11 @@ then
     mkdir -p $dump_path
     dump_name=production-dump-$DATE.sql
 
-    mysqldump --quick -h $DB_HOST -P $DB_PORT -u $DB_ADMIN -p $DB_ADMIN_PW --no-tablespaces -r $dump_path/$dump_name $DB_NAME
+    mysqldump --quick -h$DB_HOST -P$DB_PORT -u$DB_ADMIN -p$DB_ADMIN_PW --no-tablespaces -r$dump_path/$dump_name $DB_NAME
     gzip -f $dump_path/$dump_name
 fi
 
 
-
-
-
 # information after init_db.py
 ##mysqldump --quick -h sql.img.med.uni-tuebingen.de -P 3306 -u ahdoebm1 -p --column-statistics=0 --no-tablespaces -r /mnt/storage2/users/ahdoebm1/HerediVar/resources/backups/database_dumper/init_db/init_transcripts_w_tables.sql HerediVar_ahdoebm1  gene gene_alias transcript exon