diff --git a/src/backup/backup.js b/src/backup/backup.js
index 500ba5b69..9180c13f5 100644
--- a/src/backup/backup.js
+++ b/src/backup/backup.js
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ function runBackup (callback) {
     mongodumpExec = path.join(__dirname, 'bin/win32/mongodump')
   }
 
-  var options = ['--uri', CONNECTION_URI, '--out', path.join(__dirname, '../../backups/dump/database/')]
-  var mongodump = spawn(mongodumpExec, options)
+  var options = [
+    '--uri',
+    CONNECTION_URI,
+    '--forceTableScan',
+    '--out',
+    path.join(__dirname, '../../backups/dump/database/')
+  ]
+  var mongodump = spawn(mongodumpExec, options, { env: { PATH: process.env.PATH } })
 
   mongodump.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
     winston.debug(data.toString())
@@ -107,6 +113,11 @@ function runBackup (callback) {
     winston.debug(data.toString())
   })
 
+  mongodump.on('error', function (err) {
+    winston.error(err)
+    return callback(err.message)
+  })
+
   mongodump.on('exit', function (code) {
     if (code === 0) {
       var dbName = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../backups/dump/database'))[0]
diff --git a/src/backup/restore.js b/src/backup/restore.js
index 838674f7e..367a57f6e 100644
--- a/src/backup/restore.js
+++ b/src/backup/restore.js
@@ -117,26 +117,28 @@ function runRestore (file, callback) {
     path.join(__dirname, '../../restores/restore_' + file, 'database', dbName),
     '--noIndexRestore'
   ]
-  var mongodump = null
+  var mongorestore = null
   if (platform === 'win32') {
-    mongodump = spawn(path.join(__dirname, 'bin', platform, 'mongorestore'), options)
+    mongorestore = spawn(path.join(__dirname, 'bin', platform, 'mongorestore'), options, {
+      env: { PATH: process.env.PATH }
+    })
   } else {
-    mongodump = spawn('mongorestore', options)
+    mongorestore = spawn('mongorestore', options, { env: { PATH: process.env.PATH } })
   }
 
-  mongodump.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+  mongorestore.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
     winston.debug(data.toString())
   })
 
-  mongodump.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+  mongorestore.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
     winston.debug(data.toString())
   })
 
-  mongodump.on('exit', function (code) {
+  mongorestore.on('exit', function (code) {
     if (code === 0) {
       callback(null, 'done')
     } else {
-      callback(new Error('MongoDump falied with code ' + code))
+      callback(new Error('mongorestore falied with code ' + code))
     }
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/controllers/backuprestore.js b/src/controllers/backuprestore.js
index 8a8a5c227..0fd729131 100644
--- a/src/controllers/backuprestore.js
+++ b/src/controllers/backuprestore.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ backupRestore.getBackups = function (req, res) {
 backupRestore.runBackup = function (req, res) {
   var database = require('../database')
   var child = require('child_process').fork(path.join(__dirname, '../../src/backup/backup'), {
-    env: { FORK: 1, NODE_ENV: global.env, MONGOURI: database.connectionuri }
+    env: { FORK: 1, NODE_ENV: global.env, MONGOURI: database.connectionuri, PATH: process.env.PATH }
   })
   global.forks.push({ name: 'backup', fork: child })
 
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ backupRestore.restoreBackup = function (req, res) {
       FORK: 1,
       NODE_ENV: global.env,
       MONGOURI: database.connectionuri,
-      FILE: file
+      FILE: file,
+      PATH: process.env.PATH
     }
   })
   global.forks.push({ name: 'restore', fork: child })