diff --git a/src/warden-client/sh/uninstall.sh b/src/warden-client/sh/uninstall.sh
index 64b0f84e343e15ab90549cff445df1220e9a0d7d..38b5a05b7657e18eadf1a20a19b0aaa338afcc9c 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/sh/uninstall.sh
+++ b/src/warden-client/sh/uninstall.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ backup()
 {
 	echo -n "Backing-up warden client directory ... "
 	mkdir $backup_dir
-	if cp -R $client_path $backup_dir 2> $err; then
+	if cp -R ${client_path}/* $backup_dir 2> $err; then
 		echo "OK"
 	else
 		err