diff --git a/plogical/backupSchedule.py b/plogical/backupSchedule.py
index 48d9a1ef2..0a87c8e04 100755
--- a/plogical/backupSchedule.py
+++ b/plogical/backupSchedule.py
@@ -219,13 +219,16 @@ class backupSchedule:
 
             ## IP of Remote server.
 
-            data = open(destinations,'r').readlines()
-            ipAddress = data[0].strip("\n")
-            port = data[1].strip("\n")
-            user = data[2].strip("\n")
+            destinations = backupUtilities.destinationsPath
+            data = json.loads(open(destinations, 'r').read())
+            port = data['port']
 
-            # Set the user to root if not specified aka empty
-            user = user if bool(user) is not False else 'root'
+            try:
+                user = data['user']
+            except:
+                user = 'root'
+
+            ipAddress = data['ipAddress']
 
             ## IPAddress of local server
 
diff --git a/plogical/backupUtilities.py b/plogical/backupUtilities.py
index a017d410a..d936b0c60 100755
--- a/plogical/backupUtilities.py
+++ b/plogical/backupUtilities.py
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ class backupUtilities:
             logging.CyberCPLogFileWriter.writeToFile(str(msg) + "[checkIfHostIsUp]")
 
     @staticmethod
-    def checkConnection(IPAddress, password, port='22', user='root'):
+    def checkConnection(IPAddress, port='22', user='root'):
         try:
 
             try:
@@ -1061,9 +1061,12 @@ class backupUtilities:
             expectation.append(pexpect.EOF)
             expectation.append(pexpect.TIMEOUT)
 
-            checkConn = pexpect.spawn(
-                "sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/cyberpanel -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p " + port + ' ' + user + "@" + IPAddress,
-                timeout=3)
+            command = "sudo ssh -i /root/.ssh/cyberpanel -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p " + port + ' ' + user + "@" + IPAddress
+
+            if os.path.exists(ProcessUtilities.debugPath):
+                logging.CyberCPLogFileWriter.writeToFile(command)
+
+            checkConn = pexpect.spawn(command,timeout=3)
             index = checkConn.expect(expectation)
 
             if index == 0: