diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index 16b1f49f..b5f2d754 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -1606,7 +1606,8 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
             cmd += (parent.platform == 'win32') ? ' --password=\"' + props.password + '\"' : ' --password=\'' + props.password + '\'';
             if (props.host) { cmd += ' -h ' + props.host; }
             if (props.port) { cmd += ' -P ' + props.port; }
-            cmd += ' meshcentral > ' + ((parent.platform == 'win32') ? '\"nul\"' : '\"/dev/null\"');
+            var dbname = (props.database) ? props.database : 'meshcentral';
+            cmd += ' ' + dbname + ' > ' + ((parent.platform == 'win32') ? '\"nul\"' : '\"/dev/null\"');
             const child_process = require('child_process');
             child_process.exec(cmd, { cwd: backupPath }, function(error, stdout, stdin) {
                 try {
@@ -1806,7 +1807,8 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
                 cmd += (parent.platform == 'win32') ? ' --password=\"' + props.password + '\"' : ' --password=\'' + props.password + '\'';
                 if (props.host) { cmd += ' -h ' + props.host; }
                 if (props.port) { cmd += ' -P ' + props.port; }
-                cmd += ' meshcentral --result-file=\"' + newBackupPath + '.sql\"';
+                var sqldbname = (props.database) ? props.database : 'meshcentral';
+                cmd += ' ' + sqldbname + ' --result-file=\"' + newBackupPath + '.sql\"';
                 const child_process = require('child_process');
                 var backupProcess = child_process.exec(cmd, { cwd: backupPath }, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
                     try {