diff --git a/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c b/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c
index 1ff1223..ce0c47d 100644
--- a/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c
+++ b/client-src/sendbackup-dump.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ start_backup(
program->backup_name = XFSDUMP;
program->restore_name = XFSRESTORE;
- indexcmd = g_strjoin(NULL, XFSRESTORE, " -t", " -v", " silent", " -",
+ indexcmd = g_strjoin(NULL, XFSRESTORE, " -a /var/lib/amanda -t", " -v", " silent", " -",
" 2>/dev/null", " | sed", " -e", " \'s/^/\\//\'", NULL);
info_tapeheader(dle);