diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index e7d48305e9d9739a55afca39c0d6ff0e89222404..1066a84307db2ba86ca23f200e9755a4140b620e 100644
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 
 if [ "$1" = "recover" ]; then
-  rm -rf /neodata
+  rm -rf /neodata/*
   echo "Starting Neo4j database recovery."
+  ls /one-backup
   tar -xvzf /one-backup/neo4j.tgz -C /
   exit 0
 fi