diff --git a/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_production_db_tables_v2.pl b/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_production_db_tables_v2.pl
index ab1d8092a4f222550dd208f5d8bd071631ba01f0..59151175e50f6d5c84b00f6410bf14ecd2dea980 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_production_db_tables_v2.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/production_database/scripts/populate_production_db_tables_v2.pl
@@ -205,13 +205,17 @@ my %data;
 
 
       if ($dumpout) {
-          my $file_path = $dumpout . "/" . $dbname . $table .'.sql';
+          my $file_path = $dumpout . "/" . $dbname . $table .'_bak.sql';
           open(BKUPFILE, ">$file_path") or die("Can't write to file $file_path\n");   
 	  my $cmd = "mysqldump -h $host -u $user -p$pass $dbname $table";
           my $result = `$cmd`;
 	  print BKUPFILE $result;
 	  close BKUPFILE;
-          if ($result !~ /Dump completed/) { print("back up failed, check file $file_path for details\n");} 
+          if ($result !~ /Dump completed/) { 
+		print("back up failed, check file $file_path for details\n");
+	  } else {
+		print("$full_table_name_bak dumped out to file $file_path\n");
+	  } 
 	  next;
       }