diff --git a/roles/abrt/faf-local/tasks/cron.yml b/roles/abrt/faf-local/tasks/cron.yml
index d7f2f14174..f7de2a204c 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/faf-local/tasks/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/abrt/faf-local/tasks/cron.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   cron:
     name: "backup database"
     user: faf
-    job: "( pg_dump -Fc faf > /srv/faf/db-backup/backup-$(date '+\%F').dump ) >> /var/log/faf/db_backup.log 2>&1"
+    job: "( pg_dump -Fc faf > /srv/faf/db-backup/backup-$(date '+\\%F').dump ) >> /var/log/faf/db_backup.log 2>&1"
     special_time: daily
     state: present