diff --git a/modules/database.py b/modules/database.py
index a70266b..fd601ea 100644
--- a/modules/database.py
+++ b/modules/database.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from fabric.api import env, task
 # # from jinja2 import Environment
 import os
 from utils import upload_template as utils_upload_template
-from utils import loggify, print_console
+from utils import loggify, print_console, booleanize
 # from utils import prompt_continue
 from getpass import getpass
 import fabric.operations as fabric_ops
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ def commandline(dbuser='default'):
 
 @task
 def backup(dbuser='default', backup_file=None, branch=None,
-           filedump_only=False):
+           datadump_only=False):
     """
     creates a dump of the database for backup and storage
 
     dbuser - set to "default" but can also be set to "admin"
     backup_file - specify name of the backup_file otherwise use default value
     branch - what branch to apply this function to (default env.current)
-    filedump_only - only output the results of pg_dump
+    datadump_only - only output the results of pg_dump
 
     the admin user is what it says, I have both of these in case I need to
     switch between the master user for the entire postgres install or the owner
@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ def backup(dbuser='default', backup_file=None, branch=None,
         configuration.paths.server.backups.database,
         backup_file)
 
-    if not filedump_only:
+    datadump_only = booleanize(datadump_only)
+
+    print "dumpfilename: %s" % dumpfilename
+
+    if not datadump_only:
 
         # NOTE
         # the "tee" command takes input and pipes it to a file and to standard
@@ -289,6 +293,7 @@ def backup(dbuser='default', backup_file=None, branch=None,
                 user=user,
                 dumpfilename=dumpfilename
             )
+
     else:
         # this only spits output, it does not save a file
 
@@ -300,7 +305,9 @@ def backup(dbuser='default', backup_file=None, branch=None,
                 user=user,
             )
 
-    output = run_database_command(cmd_pg_dump, user, True)
+    print "cmd_pg_dump: %s" % cmd_pg_dump
+
+    output = run_database_command(cmd_pg_dump, user)
 
     return output
 
@@ -369,18 +376,17 @@ def restore(dbuser='default', backup_file=None, reinitialize=True):
 
 
 @task
-def sync(src):
+def sync(dst):
     """
-    sync from source databases to calling branch
-    src - the source database
+    sync from current branch database to destination branch
+    dst - the destination database
     """
     configuration = env.config
-
-    branch_src = src
     import initialize
 
-    configuration_src = initialize.environment(branch_src)
-    configuration_dst = configuration
+    branch_dst = dst
+    configuration_src = configuration
+    configuration_dst = initialize.environment(branch_dst)
 
     print "branch_src: %s" % configuration_src.project.branch
     print "branch_dst: %s" % configuration_dst.project.branch
@@ -390,8 +396,13 @@ def sync(src):
     backup_name_dst = "backup_sync_dst.sql"
     backup_name_src = "backup_sync_src.sql"
 
+    print "output_src = backup("
+    print "\tbackup_file=%s," % backup_name_src
+    print "\tbranch=%s)" % configuration_src.project.branch
+
     # dump the source database to our {destination}/backups/database
     print "backup up src: %s" % configuration_src.project.branch
+
     output_src = backup(
         backup_file=backup_name_src,
         branch=configuration_src.project.branch)