diff --git a/tools/wp-content-db/backup.sh b/tools/wp-content-db/backup.sh
index ae3717a..aaf65de 100755
--- a/tools/wp-content-db/backup.sh
+++ b/tools/wp-content-db/backup.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ time="$(date +%s)"
 echo "backing up to $base_filename"
 
 ssh "$remote_ssh" mkdir "/tmp/$base_filename"
-ssh "$remote_ssh" tar -cvzf "/tmp/$base_filename/$base_filename.tar" "$remote_wp_path/wp-content"
+ssh "$remote_ssh" tar -czf "/tmp/$base_filename/$base_filename.tar" "$remote_wp_path/wp-content"
 wp db export "/tmp/$base_filename/$base_filename.sql" --ssh="$remote_ssh$remote_wp_path" --add-drop-table
 
 scp -r "$remote_ssh:/tmp/$base_filename" . && ssh "$remote_ssh" rm -r "/tmp/$base_filename"