diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 760e9fd..e64e598 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ debug()
 
 run_send_recv()
 {
+    ssh_cmd="ssh $SSH_SEND_OPTS -o port=$port $user@$addr"
     if [ $ZB_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
-        echo "$send_cmd | $pv_cmd | $recv_cmd"
+        echo "$send_cmd | $pv_cmd | $ssh_cmd $recv_cmd"
     else
-        $send_cmd | $pv_cmd | $recv_cmd
+        $send_cmd | $pv_cmd | $ssh_cmd $recv_cmd
     fi
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ get_latest_remote_snapshot()
             *) zroot="$zroot/" ;;
         esac
     fi
-    remote_cmd="zfs list -t snapshot $zroot$dset|tail -n1|cut -d'@' -f2|cut -d' ' -f 1"
+    list_cmd="zfs list -t snapshot $zroot$dset"
+    remote_cmd="$list_cmd|tail -n1|cut -d'@' -f2|cut -d' ' -f 1"
     run_remote
         
 }
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ send_latest()
             snap1=`get_latest_snapshot $dset`
             send_cmd="zfs send $ZFS_SEND_OPTS $dset@$snap1"
             pv_cmd="pv -qL ${speed:-$DEF_SPEED}"
-            recv_cmd="ssh $SSH_SEND_OPTS -o port=$port $user@$addr zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$rset"
+            recv_cmd="zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$rset"
             run_send_recv
         done
     done < sendnodes.tmp
@@ -240,8 +242,7 @@ send_increment()
             snap0=`get_latest_remote_snapshot`
             send_cmd="zfs send $ZFS_SEND_OPTS -i $dset@$snap0 $dset@$snap1"
             pv_cmd="pv -qL ${speed:-$DEF_SPEED}"
-            recv_cmd="ssh $SSH_SEND_OPTS -o port=$port $user@$addr \
-                zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$rset"
+            recv_cmd="zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$rset"
             run_send_recv
         done
     done < sendnodes.tmp