diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index bf92e090..1062e287 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -1595,6 +1595,7 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
             if (parent.config.settings.autobackup && parent.config.settings.autobackup.mongodumppath) { mongoDumpPath = parent.config.settings.autobackup.mongodumppath; }
             var cmd = '"' + mongoDumpPath + '"';
             if (dburl) { cmd = '\"' + mongoDumpPath + '\" --uri=\"' + dburl.replace('?', '/?') + '\"'; }
+            cmd += (parent.platform == 'win32') ? ' --archive=\"nul\"' : ' --archive=\"/dev/null\"';
             const child_process = require('child_process');
             child_process.exec(cmd, { cwd: backupPath }, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
                 try {