diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 3a3056ed..3b49f92a 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ BACKUP(){
 		mkdir -p ${BACKUP_FOLDER}
 	fi
 	for item in "${!BACKUP_ITEMS[@]}"; do
-		echo "here: ${#BACKUP_ITEMS[$item]}"
-		c=0; spc=''; spc1=`expr 50 - ${#BACKUP_ITEMS[$item]}`; until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
+		c=0; spc=''; spc1=`expr 30 - ${#BACKUP_ITEMS[$item]}`; until [ $c = ${spc1} ]; do spc="${spc} "; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
 		echo -en "Backing up '${item}'${spc}"
 		if [ -d ${BACKUP_ITEMS[$item]} ]; then
 			tar -czPf ${BACKUP_FOLDER}/${item}.tar.gz -C ${BACKUP_ITEMS[$item]} . --exclude='./data/repository' --exclude='*/.stfolder' --exclude='*/.stversions' --exclude='*/.git' >/dev/null 2>&1