diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index f0a8ad8..4cc9fb0 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -63,15 +63,21 @@ list_datasets()
 list_remote_datasets() {
     while read addr user ssh_port zroot; do
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
+        if [ $zroot ]; then
+            case $zroot in 
+                *"/") ;;
+                *) zroot="$zroot/" ;;
+            esac
+        fi
         if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
             echo ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr\
                 "sh -c 'for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS;
-                    do zfs list -H $zroot/\$dataset;
+                    do zfs list -H $zroot\$dataset;
                 done'"
         else
             ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
                 "sh -c 'for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS;
-                    do zfs list -H $zroot/\$dataset;
+                    do zfs list -H $zroot\$dataset;
                 done';"
         fi
     done < sendnodes.tmp
@@ -84,8 +90,14 @@ get_latest_snapshot()
 
 get_latest_remote_snapshot()
 {
+    if [ $zroot ]; then
+        case $zroot in 
+            *"/") ;;
+            *) zroot="$zroot/" ;;
+        esac
+    fi
     ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
-        "zfs list -t snapshot $zroot/$dataset    |
+        "zfs list -t snapshot $zroot\$dataset    |
             tail -n1|cut -d'@' -f2|cut -d' ' -f 1"
 }
 
@@ -104,15 +116,21 @@ zfs_allow_mirrors()
 {
     while read addr user ssh_port zroot; do
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
+        if [ $zroot ]; then
+            case $zroot in 
+                *"/") ;;
+                *) zroot="$zroot/" ;;
+            esac
+        fi
         if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
             echo ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
                 "for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
-                    zfs allow -u $user $MIRROR_PERMS $zroot/\$dataset
+                    zfs allow -u $user $MIRROR_PERMS $zroot\$dataset
                 done"
         else
             ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
                 "for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
-                    zfs allow -u $user $MIRROR_PERMS $zroot/\$dataset
+                    zfs allow -u $user $MIRROR_PERMS $zroot\$dataset
                 done"
         fi
     done < sendnodes.tmp
@@ -134,17 +152,23 @@ send_latest()
 {
     while read addr user ssh_port zroot; do
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
+        if [ $zroot ]; then
+            case $zroot in 
+                *"/") ;;
+                *) zroot="$zroot/" ;;
+            esac
+        fi
         for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
             origin_snapshot=`get_latest_snapshot $dataset`
             if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
                 echo zfs send $ZFS_SEND_OPTS $dataset@$origin_snapshot  \| \
                     ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
-                    zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot/$dataset
+                    zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$dataset
             else
                 zfs send $ZFS_SEND_OPTS $dataset@$origin_snapshot |
                     ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port \
                     $user@$addr                            \
-                    zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot/$dataset
+                    zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$dataset
             fi
         done
     done < sendnodes.tmp
@@ -154,6 +178,12 @@ send_increment()
 {
     while read addr user ssh_port zroot; do
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
+        if [ $zroot ]; then
+            case $zroot in 
+                *"/") ;;
+                *) zroot="$zroot/" ;;
+            esac
+        fi
         for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
             origin_snapshot=`get_latest_snapshot`
             remote_snapshot=`get_latest_remote_snapshot`
@@ -162,13 +192,13 @@ send_increment()
                     -i $dataset@$remote_snapshot \
                     $dataset@$origin_snapshot    \| \
                         ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr  \
-                            zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot/$dataset
+                            zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$dataset
             else
                 zfs send $ZFS_SEND_OPTS          \
                     -i $dataset@$remote_snapshot \
                     $dataset@$origin_snapshot    |
                         ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr  \
-                            zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot/$dataset
+                            zfs recv $ZFS_RECV_OPTS $zroot$dataset
             fi
         done
     done < sendnodes.tmp