diff --git a/deploy/backup/make-backup.sh b/deploy/backup/make-backup.sh
index 83ed87e..529c3f7 100755
--- a/deploy/backup/make-backup.sh
+++ b/deploy/backup/make-backup.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ if [[ -z "$DB_URL" && -r "$ENV_FILE" ]]; then
 fi
 [[ -n "$DB_URL" ]] || die "no CAYCE_OPS_DATABASE_URL in env or $ENV_FILE"
 PG_URL="$(printf "%s" "$DB_URL" | sed -E "s#postgresql\+[a-z]+://#postgresql://#")"
-log "dumping database from ${PG_URL%%@*@}***@..."
+_scheme="${PG_URL%%://*}"
+_hostpart="${PG_URL#**@}"
+log "dumping database from ${_scheme}://***:***@${_hostpart}"
 pg_dump "$PG_URL" --format=custom --file "$TMP/cayce-ops-db.dump"
 encrypt "$TMP/cayce-ops-db.dump" "cayce-ops-db.dump.age"
 log "database dump: $(du -h "$TMP/cayce-ops-db.dump" | cut -f1) plaintext, encrypted ok"