diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/app.js b/dashboard/src/views/app.js
index 9da005e54..b78ff343a 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/app.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/app.js
@@ -2107,7 +2107,15 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
         };
 
         Object.keys($scope.backupConfig).forEach(function (k) {
-            if ($scope.backupConfig[k] !== SECRET_PLACEHOLDER) tmp[k] = $scope.backupConfig[k];
+            var v = $scope.backupConfig[k];
+            if (v && typeof v === 'object') { // to hide mountOptions.password and the likes
+                tmp[k] = {};
+                Object.keys(v).forEach(function (j) {
+                    if (v[j] !== SECRET_PLACEHOLDER) tmp[k][j] = v[j];
+                });
+            } else {
+                if ($scope.backupConfig[k] !== SECRET_PLACEHOLDER) tmp[k] = v;
+            }
         });
 
         var filename = 'app-backup-config-' + (new Date()).toISOString().replace(/:|T/g,'-').replace(/\..*/,'') + ' (' + $scope.app.fqdn + ')' + '.json';