diff --git a/application/backup.sh b/application/backup.sh
index 56398c8..84ce6df 100755
--- a/application/backup.sh
+++ b/application/backup.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fi
 
 # Upload compressed backup file to S3
 start=$(date +%s);
-aws s3 cp "/tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz" "s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz" || STATUS=$?
+aws s3 cp "/tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz" "${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz" || STATUS=$?
 if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
     error_message="${MYNAME}: FATAL: Copy backup to ${S3_BUCKET} of ${DB_NAME} returned non-zero status ($STATUS) in $(expr ${end} - ${start}) seconds.";
     log "ERROR" "${error_message}";
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Upload checksum file
-aws s3 cp "/tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz" "s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz" || STATUS=$?;
+aws s3 cp "/tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz" "${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz" || STATUS=$?;
 end=$(date +%s);
 if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
     error_message="${MYNAME}: FATAL: Copy checksum to ${S3_BUCKET} of ${DB_NAME} returned non-zero status ($STATUS).";
diff --git a/application/restore.sh b/application/restore.sh
index 8bcd389..10467c0 100755
--- a/application/restore.sh
+++ b/application/restore.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ log "INFO" "${MYNAME}: copying database ${DB_NAME} backup and checksum from ${S3
 start=$(date +%s)
 
 # Download database backup
-aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz /tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz || STATUS=$?
+aws s3 cp "${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz" "/tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.gz" || STATUS=$?
 if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
     error_message="${MYNAME}: FATAL: Copy backup of ${DB_NAME} from ${S3_BUCKET} returned non-zero status ($STATUS) in $(expr $(date +%s) - ${start}) seconds."
     log "ERROR" "${error_message}"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Download checksum file
-aws s3 cp s3://${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz /tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz || STATUS=$?
+aws s3 cp "${S3_BUCKET}/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz" "/tmp/${DB_NAME}.sql.sha256.gz" || STATUS=$?
 end=$(date +%s)
 if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
     error_message="${MYNAME}: FATAL: Copy checksum of ${DB_NAME} from ${S3_BUCKET} returned non-zero status ($STATUS) in $(expr ${end} - ${start}) seconds."