diff --git a/mysql_xtrabackup.sh b/mysql_xtrabackup.sh
index 107c2a1..e8fe3a6 100755
--- a/mysql_xtrabackup.sh
+++ b/mysql_xtrabackup.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ while [ "${1}" != "" ]; do
 	    -e | --email )          shift
                                 email=${1} ;
                                 ;;
-        -i )                    shift
+        -i | --ignore-database  shift
                                 ignore_database=${1} ;
 				                ;;
         --compress-threads )    shift
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fi
 
 dump_file_name="`realpath ${dir}`/${prefix}.`date +\"%y%m%d.%H%M%S\"`" ;
 
-xtrabackup --backup --compact --compress --rsync --slave-info --compress-threads=${compress_threads} --databases-exclude=${ignore-database}--target-dir=${dump_file_name} > /dev/null;
+xtrabackup --backup --compact --compress --rsync --slave-info --compress-threads=${compress_threads} --databases-exclude=${ignore-database} --target-dir=${dump_file_name} > /dev/null;
 
 if [ ! "${quiet}" ] ; then
     echo "Dump completed (`date +\"%H:%M:%S\"`)..." ;