diff --git a/op/op.CreateDump.php b/op/op.CreateDump.php
index 787e53383..7b25963ef 100644
--- a/op/op.CreateDump.php
+++ b/op/op.CreateDump.php
@@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ if (!$settings->_backupDir) {
 
 $v = new SeedDMS_Version;
 $dump_name = addDirSep($settings->_backupDir).date('Y-m-d\TH-i-s')."_".$v->version().".sql";
-if(!$dms->createDump($dump_name))
+$fp = fopen($dump_name, "w");
+if(!$fp)
 	UI::exitError(getMLText("admin_tools"),getMLText("error_occured"));
+if(!$dms->getDb()->createDump($fp)) {
+	fclose($fp);
+	UI::exitError(getMLText("admin_tools"),getMLText("error_occured"));
+}
+fclose($fp);
 
 if (SeedDMS_Core_File::gzcompressfile($dump_name,9)) unlink($dump_name);
 else UI::exitError(getMLText("admin_tools"),getMLText("error_occured"));