diff --git a/src/warden-server/sh/uninstall.sh b/src/warden-server/sh/uninstall.sh
index 6f220dd6292296b88e5dbe6fa19d7f170732465f..060bda6002043f0caf8cee4d83b0ee8a1681dc5c 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/sh/uninstall.sh
+++ b/src/warden-server/sh/uninstall.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ backup()
 {
 	echo -n "Backing-up warden server directory ... "
 	mkdir $backup_dir
-	if cp -R $server_path $backup_dir 2> $err; then
+	if cp -R ${server_path}/* $backup_dir 2> $err; then
 		echo "OK"
 	else
 		err