diff --git a/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php b/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php
index 150f78634..696983cd6 100755
--- a/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php
+++ b/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php
@@ -370,8 +370,7 @@ class Forking
 
         $backfilldays = '';
         if ($backfill_days === 1) {
-            $days = 'backfill_target';
-            $backfilldays = now()->diffInDays(Carbon::createFromDate($days));
+            $backfilldays = 'g.backfill_target';
         } elseif ($backfill_days === 2) {
             $backfilldays = now()->diffInDays(Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', Settings::settingValue('..safebackfilldate')));
         }
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 770e788ca..4b5713e8b 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2019-06-05 DariusIII
+	* Fix: Fix safe backfill $backfilldays variable. Closes #978
 	* Chg: Update laravel/framework, nesbot/carbon and laravel/horizon to latest versions
 2019-06-04 DariusIII
 	* Chg: Update commit script to include composer fix-style command