diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
index 395937c7d..ae6a9e40c 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupProviderForm.vue
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 
     <!-- Filesystem -->
     <FormGroup v-if="provider === 'filesystem' && !importOnly">
-      <label for="backupFolderInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.localDirectory') }}</label>
-      <TextInput id="backupFolderInput" v-model="providerConfig.backupFolder" placeholder="Directory for backups" required />
+      <label for="backupDirInput">{{ $t('backups.configureBackupStorage.localDirectory') }}</label>
+      <TextInput id="backupDirInput" v-model="providerConfig.backupDir" placeholder="Directory for backups" required />
     </FormGroup>
 
     <!-- Filesystem/SSHFS/CIFS/NFS/EXT4/mountpoint -->
diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/BackupTargetDialog.vue b/dashboard/src/components/BackupTargetDialog.vue
index a917252da..75abbb0eb 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/BackupTargetDialog.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/BackupTargetDialog.vue
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async function onSubmitAdd() {
         data.preserveAttributes = !!providerConfig.value.preserveAttributes;
     }
   } else if (provider.value === 'filesystem') {
-    data.backupFolder = providerConfig.value.backupFolder;
+    data.backupDir = providerConfig.value.backupDir;
     data.noHardlinks = !providerConfig.value.useHardlinks;
     data.preserveAttributes = true;
   } else if (provider.value === 'gcs') {