diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
index de05ae791..3353ce603 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@
                         <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.backupFolder }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'filesystem'">
                             <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureBackupFolder">Local backup directory</label>
                             <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.backupFolder" id="inputConfigureBackupFolder" name="backupFolder" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" placeholder="Leave empty for default /var/backups">
+
+                            <p class="has-error" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'filesystem'">
+                                Please ensure that the backup directory is an external disk
+                            </p>
                         </div>
 
                         <!-- S3/Minio -->
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
index 3af3c3576..46ce1caeb 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
 
     $scope.storageProvider = [
         { name: 'Amazon S3', value: 's3' },
-        { name: 'Filesystem (not recommended)', value: 'filesystem' },
+        { name: 'Filesystem', value: 'filesystem' },
         { name: 'Minio', value: 'minio' }
     ];