diff --git a/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_species_meta.pl b/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_species_meta.pl
index 884213adeef4f80999dba84122e70ba55b384268..d52920771279cdada4c828cb5809c6b1d103e322 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_species_meta.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_species_meta.pl
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ sub _backup {
   $core->dbc()->do( sprintf( 'create table %s like meta', $table ) );
   $self->v( 'Copying data from meta to %s', $table );
   $core->dbc()
-    ->do( sprintf( 'insert into table %s select * from meta', $table ) );
+    ->do( sprintf( 'insert into %s select * from meta', $table ) );
   $self->v('Done backup');
 
   return;