--- a/bin/ftbackup	Tue Aug 02 11:28:42 2011 +0200
+++ b/bin/ftbackup	Tue Aug 02 14:08:42 2011 +0200
@@ -323,6 +323,20 @@
         };
 
         if ($ftp) {
+	    if (!$ftp->cwd("/")) {
+		$ftp->quit();
+		    $ftp = new FTP(
+			$cf{FTP_HOST},
+			Passive => $cf{FTP_PASSIVE},
+			Debug   => $o{debug},
+		    ) or LOGDIE $@;
+		    $ftp->login or LOGDIE $ftp->message;
+		    $ftp->home($ftp->try(pwd => ()));
+		    $ftp->try(binary => ());
+		    $ftp->try(mkpath => $cf{FTP_DIR});
+		    $ftp->try(cwd    => "/");
+	    }
+	    $ftp->try(cwd => $dir);
             verbose("sending dump to " . $ftp->pwd . "/$file.tmp-$^T\n");
             $ftp->try(put    => $dump,           "$file.tmp-$^T");
             $ftp->try(rename => "$file.tmp-$^T", $file);
@@ -504,16 +518,16 @@
 
     sub home {
         my $self = shift;
-        return $data{ ref $self }{home} = shift if @_;
+        return $data{ $self }{home} = shift if @_;
         $self->try(
-            cwd => exists $data{ ref $self }{home}
-            ? $data{ ref $self }{home}
+            cwd => exists $data{ $self }{home}
+            ? $data{ $self }{home}
             : "/"
         );
         return $self->pwd();
     }
 
-    sub get_home { return $data{ ref shift }{home} }
+    sub get_home { return $data{ shift() }{home} }
 }
 
 sub update_devnames($$$) {