diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index 345b44825..62c974e9b 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
             <div class="form-group" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
               <label class="control-label" for="storageRetention">Retention Time</label>
-              <select class="form-control" id="storageRetention" ng-model="configureBackup.retentionSecs" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in retentionTimes"></select>
+              <select class="form-control" id="storageRetention" ng-model="configureBackup.retentionPolicy" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in retentionPolicies"></select>
             </div>
 
             <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.password }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider !== 'noop'">
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index 69c72cfb6..c2c7a169d 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         { name: 'Wasabi', value: 'wasabi' }
     ];
 
-    $scope.retentionTimes = [
-        { name: '2 days', value: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 },
-        { name: '1 week', value:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60},
-        { name: '1 month', value: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60},
-        { name: 'Forever', value: -1 }
+    $scope.retentionPolicies = [
+        { name: '2 days', value: { keepWithin: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
+        { name: '1 week', value: { keepWithin: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 }}, // default
+        { name: '1 month', value: { keepWithin: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 }},
+        { name: 'Forever', value: { keepWithin: -1 }}
     ];
 
     $scope.intervalTimes = [
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
         region: '',
         endpoint: '',
         backupFolder: '',
-        retentionSecs:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60,
+        retentionPolicy:  $scope.retentionPolicies[0],
         intervalSecs: 24 * 60 * 60,
         acceptSelfSignedCerts: false,
         useHardlinks: true,
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             $scope.configureBackup.endpoint = $scope.backupConfig.endpoint;
             $scope.configureBackup.password = $scope.backupConfig.password;
             $scope.configureBackup.backupFolder = $scope.backupConfig.backupFolder;
-            $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs = $scope.backupConfig.retentionSecs;
+            $scope.configureBackup.retentionPolicy = $scope.backupConfig.retentionPolicy;
             $scope.configureBackup.intervalSecs = $scope.backupConfig.intervalSecs;
             $scope.configureBackup.format = $scope.backupConfig.format;
             $scope.configureBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts = !!$scope.backupConfig.acceptSelfSignedCerts;
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
 
             var backupConfig = {
                 provider: $scope.configureBackup.provider,
-                retentionSecs: $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs,
+                retentionPolicy: $scope.configureBackup.retentionPolicy,
                 intervalSecs: $scope.configureBackup.intervalSecs,
                 format: $scope.configureBackup.format
             };