diff --git a/rattail/fablib/postgresql.py b/rattail/fablib/postgresql.py
index 01ec74b3346fddad61eed04369bb71db9588cc26..7c0602a665a1fc34e60d1697dbc603abe96c12ba 100644
--- a/rattail/fablib/postgresql.py
+++ b/rattail/fablib/postgresql.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2018 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2017 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -146,11 +146,13 @@ def download_db(name, destination=None):
     Download a database from the "current" server.
     """
     if destination is None:
-        destination = './{}.sql.gz'.format(name)
-    sudo('sudo -u postgres pg_dump {0} > {0}.sql'.format(name))
-    run('gzip --force {}.sql'.format(name))
-    get('{}.sql.gz'.format(name), destination)
-    run('rm {}.sql.gz'.format(name))
+        destination = './{0}.sql.gz'.format(name)
+    run('touch {0}.sql'.format(name))
+    run('chmod 0666 {0}.sql'.format(name))
+    sudo('sudo -u postgres pg_dump --file={0}.sql {0}'.format(name), shell=False)
+    run('gzip --force {0}.sql'.format(name))
+    get('{0}.sql.gz'.format(name), destination)
+    run('rm {0}.sql.gz'.format(name))
 
 
 def clone_db(name, owner, download, user='rattail', force=False, workdir=None):