diff --git a/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc b/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc
index 57c120d..ecc321d 100644
--- a/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc
+++ b/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ var-lib-docker
 
       # linkdest/hardlink if present
       BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR" 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -n1)"
-      BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR-incomplete" 2>/dev/null | grep -v $BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d) | sort | tail -n1)"
+      BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR-incomplete" 2>/dev/null | grep -v $BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d) | sort | perl -pe 's/^/--link-dest=/; s/\n/ /g')"
       [ -n "$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST" ] && rsyncoptsrun="$rsyncoptsrun --link-dest=$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST"
-      [ -n "$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE" ] && rsyncoptsrun="$rsyncoptsrun --link-dest=$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE"
+      [ -n "$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE" ] && rsyncoptsrun="$rsyncoptsrun $BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE"
       
       g_runcmd $sshopts mkdir -p "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_DATE_INCOMPLETE" || continue
     else