diff --git a/global-conf.sh b/global-conf.sh
index 06e10d88b623b8a16a5302454e21206b29a2c076..0a250a069aff3c8787f400b52a506c30af40d686 100644
--- a/global-conf.sh
+++ b/global-conf.sh
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ BURP_MAIL_DEST='sysadmin@ubicast.eu'
 BURP_CLIENT_NAME=
 BURP_CLIENT_MAIL_DEST='sysadmin@ubicast.eu'
 
+# -- tmbackup 
+BACKUP_SERVER=''
+
 # -- FTP --
 # move uploaded files into hotfolder 
 # login:pass CSV separated
diff --git a/tests/test_backup.py b/tests/test_backup.py
index 6084d5d1afe45a08b469175c990f385a75d05a33..d26d11bfe2551a14805ea4ba82737303a54347a9 100755
--- a/tests/test_backup.py
+++ b/tests/test_backup.py
@@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 if os.path.isfile('../utils.py'):
     es_utils = imp.load_source('es_utils', '../utils.py')
     conf = es_utils.load_conf()
-    BURP_SERVER = conf.get('BURP_SERVER')
-    if BURP_SERVER:
-        if not test_ssh(BURP_SERVER):
+    BACKUP_SERVER = conf.get('BACKUP_SERVER')
+    if BACKUP_SERVER:
+        if not test_ssh(BACKUP_SERVER):
             print('Failed to ssh into backup server')
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
-            if not test_last_backup_is_recent(BURP_SERVER):
+            if not test_last_backup_is_recent(BACKUP_SERVER):
                 sys.exit(1)
             else:
-                if not test_backup_space(BURP_SERVER):
+                if not test_backup_space(BACKUP_SERVER):
                     sys.exit(1)
                 else:
                     sys.exit(0)
     else:
-        print('No BURP_SERVER defined in config, untestable')
+        print('No BACKUP_SERVER defined in config, untestable')
         sys.exit(2)
 else:
     print('Unable to load config, untestable')