diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 99c70774..aee8c488 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ BACKUP_OFFSITEPFSENSE(){
 	scp root@10.2.1.1:/cf/conf/conf* ${newBAKFOLDER}/
 	ssh root@10.2.1.1 rm -f /cf/conf/conf_backup.tar.gz
 	
-	[ "${BackupsToKeep}" == "" ] && BackupsToKeep=
+	[ "${BackupsToKeep}" == "" ] && BackupsToKeep=3
 	files=(`ls -d ${BAKFOLDER}/* | tail -${BackupsToKeep}`)
 	for i in $(ls -d ${BAKFOLDER}/*); do
 		keep=0