diff --git a/src/views/app.js b/src/views/app.js
index 62bb74f08..1841555d5 100644
--- a/src/views/app.js
+++ b/src/views/app.js
@@ -908,7 +908,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
         gcsKey: { keyFileName: '', content: '' },
         region: '',
         endpoint: '',
-        backupFolder: '',
         acceptSelfSignedCerts: false,
         format: 'tgz',
         backupId: '',
@@ -924,7 +923,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
             $scope.importBackup.gcsKey.content = '';
             $scope.importBackup.endpoint = '';
             $scope.importBackup.region = '';
-            $scope.importBackup.backupFolder = '';
             $scope.importBackup.format = 'tgz';
             $scope.importBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts = false;
             $scope.importBackup.password = '';
@@ -1547,6 +1545,10 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
             var backupConfig;
             try {
                 backupConfig = JSON.parse(result.target.result);
+                if (backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem') { // patch the backupId to have the full path
+                    backupConfig.backupId = backupConfig.backupFolder + '/' + backupConfig.backupId;
+                    delete backupConfig.backupFolder;
+                }
             } catch (e) {
                 console.error('Unable to parse backup config');
                 return;
@@ -1555,7 +1557,9 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
             $scope.$apply(function () {
                 // we assume property names match here, this does not yet work for gcs keys
                 Object.keys(backupConfig).forEach(function (k) {
-                    if (k in $scope.importBackup) $scope.importBackup[k] = backupConfig[k];
+                    if (k in $scope.importBackup) {
+                        $scope.importBackup[k] = backupConfig[k];
+                    }
                 });
             });
         };