diff --git a/backupscript.sh b/backupscript.sh
index 82cbf5e..7371223 100755
--- a/backupscript.sh
+++ b/backupscript.sh
@@ -87,10 +87,15 @@ fi
 
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD=${BACKUP_PASSWORD}
 
-echo "Backup path: $SNAPSHOTDIR/$BDIR"
+SNAPSHOTPATH=$SNAPSHOTDIR
+if [[ -n "$BDIR" && "$BDIR" != "." ]]; then
+    SNAPSHOTPATH=$SNAPSHOTDIR/$BDIR
+fi
+
+echo "Backup path: $SNAPSHOTPATH"
 # backup the snapshot (without freezing the filesystem)
 # use -q for quiet mode (when run as a cron job)
-ionice -c 3 $RESTIC --repo $URI $EXCLUDE $QUIET backup $SNAPSHOTDIR/$BDIR
+ionice -c 3 $RESTIC --repo $URI $EXCLUDE $QUIET backup "$SNAPSHOTPATH"
 
 ./lock.sh unlock $uuid
 
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ if ! ./lock.sh haslock; then
 fi
 
 # delete everything older than the last X snapshots
-$RESTIC --repo $URI $QUIET forget --keep-last $KEEPLAST --path "$SNAPSHOTDIR/$BDIR"
+$RESTIC --repo $URI $QUIET forget --keep-last $KEEPLAST --path "$SNAPSHOTPATH"
 
 unset RESTIC_PASSWORD