diff --git a/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh b/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh
index 0c917ec..770cb79 100755
--- a/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh
+++ b/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ do
 	if [[ $? != 0 ]]
 		then echo -e "An error occured when running ec2-create-snapshot. The error returned is below:\n$ec2_create_snapshot_result" 1>&2 ; exit 70
 	else
-		ec2_snapshot_resource_id=`echo "$ec2_create_snapshot_result" | cut -f 3`
+		ec2_snapshot_resource_id=`echo "$ec2_create_snapshot_result" | cut -f 4`
 	fi	
 	create_EBS_Snapshot_Tags
 done