diff --git a/multisite-db-dump.bash b/multisite-db-dump.bash
index 632fbd8..a065f08 100755
--- a/multisite-db-dump.bash
+++ b/multisite-db-dump.bash
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
 #excludes the all and the current directory (.).
 [ $# -ne 1 ] && { echo "Usage: $0 path_to_site_directory"; exit 1; }
 cd "$1"
-pwd
 list="$(find ./ -maxdepth 1 -type d)"
 for link in $list ; do
   if [ "$(basename "$link")" != "all" ] && [ "$(basename "$link")" != "." ] ; then
     cd "$link"
     filename=$(basename "$link")
-    echo "backing up database for site: $filename"
-    ../../../vendor/bin/drush sql-dump --result-file=/var/www/backups/db-dump-"$filename"-$(date +%F).sql
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    if [ -f "./settings.php" ]; then
+      echo "backing up database for site: $filename"
+      ../../../vendor/bin/drush sql-dump --result-file=/var/www/backups/db-dump-"$filename"-$(date +%F).sql
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         echo "Error: Drush command failed for site: $site_name"
+      fi
     fi
     cd "$1"
   fi