diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 7d21d55b..365d8bcd 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -9449,7 +9449,7 @@ quit" > $INSTALL_DIR/batch.sql
   echo 'DAILYFILE=/var/backups/redmatrix_daily.sql' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
   echo 'mysqldump --password="$MYSQL_PASSWORD" redmatrix > $TEMPFILE' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
   echo 'FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s $TEMPFILE)' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
-  echo 'if [ "$FILESIZE" -eq "0" ]; then' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
+  echo 'if [ "$FILESIZE" -lt "1024" ]; then' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
   echo '    if [ -f $DAILYFILE ]; then' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
   echo '        cp $DAILYFILE $TEMPFILE' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases
   echo '' >> /usr/bin/backupdatabases