diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm
index d33175048..a3a735c85 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm
@@ -59,17 +59,18 @@ sub CommandConfigdb($$) {
 		}
 
 		when ('dump') {
-			my $dbtype  = _cfgDB_typeInfo();
-
+			my ($dbtype,$dbconn)  = _cfgDB_typeInfo();
 			if ($dbtype eq 'SQLITE') {
 				my $ts     = strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S',localtime);
 				my $mp     = AttrVal('global','modpath','.');
+				my (undef,$source) = split (/=/, $dbconn);
 				my $target = "$mp/log/configDB_$ts.dump.gz";
+				Log3('configdb', 4, "configdb: source for database dump: $source");
 				Log3('configdb', 4, "configdb: target for database dump: $target");
-				my $ret    = qx(echo '.dump' | sqlite3 /opt/fhem/configDB.db | gzip -c > $target);
+				my $ret    = qx(echo '.dump' | sqlite3 $source | gzip -c > $target);
 				return $ret if $ret; # return error message if available
 	            my $size   = -s $target;
-				$ret       = "configDB dumped $size bytes to file\n$target";
+				$ret       = "configDB dumped $size bytes\nfrom: $source\n  to: $target";
 				# You can use 'zcat $target | sqlite3 configDB.db' in a terminal to restore database.
 				return $ret;
 			} else {
diff --git a/fhem/configDB.pm b/fhem/configDB.pm
index b5a69e3cd..ef8da24a1 100644
--- a/fhem/configDB.pm
+++ b/fhem/configDB.pm
@@ -821,7 +821,9 @@ sub _cfgDB_Info() {
 }
 
 # return database type
-sub _cfgDB_typeInfo() { return $cfgDB_dbtype; }
+sub _cfgDB_typeInfo() { 
+	return ($cfgDB_dbtype,$cfgDB_dbconn); 
+}
 
 # recover former config from database archive
 sub _cfgDB_Recover($) {