diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index fca0571..e890b78 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ do
     echo "==> Dumping database: $db"
     FILENAME=/backup/$DATE.$db.sql
     LATEST=/backup/latest.$db.sql
-    if mysqldump --single-transaction $MYSQLDUMP_OPTS -h "$MYSQL_HOST" -P "$MYSQL_PORT" -u "$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_PASS" $MYSQL_SSL_OPTS "$db" > "$FILENAME"
+    if mysqldump --single-transaction --skip-comments $MYSQLDUMP_OPTS -h "$MYSQL_HOST" -P "$MYSQL_PORT" -u "$MYSQL_USER" -p"$MYSQL_PASS" $MYSQL_SSL_OPTS "$db" > "$FILENAME"
     then
       EXT=
       if [ -z "${USE_PLAIN_SQL}" ]