diff --git a/src/js/main.js b/src/js/main.js
index b5c684064..47486e29c 100644
--- a/src/js/main.js
+++ b/src/js/main.js
@@ -89,9 +89,17 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('MainController', ['$scope', '$route',
 
             if (backupConfig.provider === 'noop') {
                 var actionScope = $scope.$new(true);
-                actionScope.action = '/#/settings';
+                actionScope.action = '/#/backups';
 
                 Client.notify('Backup Configuration', 'Cloudron backups are disabled. Ensure the server is backed up using alternate means.', false, 'info', actionScope);
+            } else if (backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem' && !backupConfig.externalDisk) {
+                var actionScope = $scope.$new(true);
+                actionScope.action = '/#/backups';
+
+                Client.notify('Backup Configuration',
+                    'Cloudron backups are currently on the same disk as the Cloudron server instance. This is dangerous and can lead to complete data loss if the disk fails.' +
+                    'Please setup an external backup storage (or use server snapshots) and confirm this in backup configuration',
+                    false /* persistent */, 'info', actionScope);
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/views/backups.js b/src/views/backups.js
index 988e2c5fa..3cd87142d 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/src/views/backups.js
@@ -332,19 +332,6 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             if (error) return console.error(error);
 
             $scope.backupConfig = backupConfig;
-
-            Client.clearNotifications();
-
-            // Check if a proper storage backend is configured. TODO: this check fails if /var/backups is actually external
-            if (backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem' && !backupConfig.externalDisk) {
-                var actionScope = $scope.$new(true);
-                actionScope.action = '/#/backups';
-
-                Client.notify('Backup Configuration',
-                    'Cloudron backups are currently on the same disk as the Cloudron server instance. This is dangerous and can lead to complete data loss if the disk fails.' +
-                    'Please setup an external backup storage (or use server snapshots) and confirm this in backup configuration',
-                    true /* persistent */, 'error', actionScope);
-            }
         });
     }