diff --git a/utils/backup.sh b/utils/backup.sh
index c1ab8ca72bf0d15a0faa76be783e51650cd1c92b..ff671437f42832c8c66ba250f777c4aa8d3f0c88 100755
--- a/utils/backup.sh
+++ b/utils/backup.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 # The directory which the dump is to be stored to. Do not change it here. Use
 # the --backupdir=./my/dir/ option or an environment variable instead.
 BACKUPDIR="${BACKUPDIR:-../backup}"
+
 # Iff this (environment) variable is "true" as lower-case, then this script also
 # outputs a machine readable status report.  The variable can also be set by
 # giving the `--yaml` command line option.
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ PRINT_HELP="--backupdir=BACKUPDIR\n\tThe directory which the dump is to be store
 
 # YAML string templates #######################################################
 
-YAMLFAIL=$(cat << "EOF"
+YAML_FAIL=$(cat << "EOF"
 #### YAML ####
 error:
   code: $error_code
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ error:
 EOF
         )
 
-YAMLSUCCESS=$(cat << "EOF"
+YAML_SUCCESS=$(cat << "EOF"
 #### YAML ####
 error:
   code: 0
@@ -64,25 +65,26 @@ EOF
 # load useful stuff - parses the commandline parameters and so on...
 . ../patches/utils/patch_header.sh
 
-echo "BACKUPDIR: $BACKUPDIR"
-echo "YAML: $YAML"
-
 function backup() {
     NARG_NAME="$1"
     NARG_FILE="$2"
+
     shift 2
-    echo $MYSQLDUMP_CMD
 	  # parameters: connection, database, outfile
 	  if [ -e "$NARG_FILE" ]; then
 		    failure "dumpfile already exists."
 	  fi
     echo "Dumping database $NARG_NAME to $NARG_FILE ... "
 	  $CMD_MYSQL_DUMP $MYSQL_CONNECTION_NO_DB $* --opt --default-character-set=utf8 --routines \
-                    $NARG_NAME > $NARG_FILE
+                    "$NARG_NAME" > "$NARG_FILE"
+
+    if [[ "$YAML" == "true" ]] ; then
+        yaml_success "$NARG_FILE" "$DATE"
+    fi
 	  success
 }
 
-# Prints a YAML failure message, if YAML is true.
+# Print a YAML failure message, if YAML is true.
 #
 # Arguments:
 # - $1  Error code, integer > 0
@@ -95,24 +97,35 @@ function yaml_fail() {
     echo "$yaml"
 }
 
-# Prints a YAML success message, if YAML is true.
+# Print a YAML success message, if YAML is true.
+#
+# Arguments:
+# - $1  The file location of the backup file.
+# - $2  The current date & time
 function yaml_success() {
-
+    file_location="$1"
+    date="$2"
+    local yaml="${YAML_SUCCESS/\$file_location/$file_location}"
+    yaml="${yaml/\$date/$date}"
+    echo "$yaml"
 }
 
-##test dump file exists
+## test if dump file exists
 #touch dumpfile.tmp
 #backup 0 1 2 "dumpfile.tmp"
 #rm dumpfile.tmp
 
-# create backup dir if not exists
+# Assert backup dir
 mkdir -p "$BACKUPDIR"
 
 DATE=$(date -u --rfc-3339=ns | sed 's/ /T/g')
 BACKUPFILE=${BACKUPDIR}/${DATABASE_NAME}.${DATE}.dump.sql
 
-#YAMLSUCCESS=$(cat <<"EOF"
-read -r -d '' YAMLSUCCESS <<"EOF" || true
+# echo "date: $date" >&2
+# echo "file_location: $file_location" >&2
+
+#YAML_SUCCESS=$(cat <<"EOF"
+read -r -d '' YAML_SUCCESS <<"EOF" || true
 #### YAML ####
 error:
   code: 0
@@ -123,10 +136,4 @@ backup:
 #### YAML END ####
 EOF
 
-echo "YAMLSUCCESS:"
-echo "$YAMLSUCCESS"
-
-
 backup $DATABASE_NAME $BACKUPFILE
-
-