diff --git a/bin/dump_ConfigDb.sh b/bin/dump_ConfigDb.sh
index bbd97a2208381c2fcf39710b9f908814313bdd7b..7745c18482000fe2e7a726e27b6fa5eeae57e88e 100755
--- a/bin/dump_ConfigDb.sh
+++ b/bin/dump_ConfigDb.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-if [ ${#} -ne 1 ]; then
-    echo "You must provide a file name for the TANGO_HOST DB dump!"
-    exit -1
-fi
+#!/bin/bash
 
-docker exec -it dsconfig python -m dsconfig.dump > ${1}
+# writes the JSON dump to stdout
+docker exec -it dsconfig python -m dsconfig.dump