diff --git a/examples/backup_all_tables_and_schema.sh b/examples/backup_all_tables_and_schema.sh
index 06b9370..d8f5aa7 100755
--- a/examples/backup_all_tables_and_schema.sh
+++ b/examples/backup_all_tables_and_schema.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mkdir -p backups
 for i in `startree table listTables | jq -r '.tables | .[]'`
 do
-echo | startree table getConfig --tableName $i | jq '.' > $i.json 
+echo | startree table getConfig --tableName $i | jq 'del(..|select(. == null))' > $i.json 
 mv $i.json backups
 printf "$i backup created \n"
 done
diff --git a/examples/backup_and_process_tableConfig.sh b/examples/backup_and_process_tableConfig.sh
index fa0a5e4..35ce7ac 100755
--- a/examples/backup_and_process_tableConfig.sh
+++ b/examples/backup_and_process_tableConfig.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mkdir -p backups
 for i in `startree table listTables | jq -r '.tables | .[]'`
 do
-echo | startree table getConfig --tableName $i | jq '.' > $i.json 
+echo | startree table getConfig --tableName $i | jq 'del(..|select(. == null))' > $i.json 
 
 
 if [ `jq -r .realtime.tableType $i.json` = "REALTIME" ]