diff --git a/src/backupformat/rsync.js b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
index b9cd7d546..30fbd00d5 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/rsync.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ async function upload(backupTarget, remotePath, dataLayout, progressCallback) {
     const { stats, integrity } = await sync(backupTarget, remotePath, dataLayout, progressCallback);
     const integrityDataJsonString = JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(integrity), null, 2);
     const integrityDataStream = Readable.from(integrityDataJsonString);
-    const integrityUploader = await backupTargets.storageApi(backupTarget).upload(backupTarget.config, `${remotePath}.checksum`);
+    const integrityUploader = await backupTargets.storageApi(backupTarget).upload(backupTarget.config, `${remotePath}.backupinfo`);
     await stream.pipeline(integrityDataStream, integrityUploader.stream);
     await integrityUploader.finish();
 
diff --git a/src/backupformat/tgz.js b/src/backupformat/tgz.js
index 2343493b7..9db4c63af 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/tgz.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/tgz.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ async function upload(backupTarget, remotePath, dataLayout, progressCallback) {
         integrityMap.set(path.basename(remotePath), integrity);
         const integrityDataJsonString = JSON.stringify(Object.fromEntries(integrityMap), null, 2);
         const integrityDataStream = Readable.from(integrityDataJsonString);
-        const integrityUploader = await backupTargets.storageApi(backupTarget).upload(backupTarget.config, `${remotePath}.checksum`);
+        const integrityUploader = await backupTargets.storageApi(backupTarget).upload(backupTarget.config, `${remotePath}.backupinfo`);
         await stream.pipeline(integrityDataStream, integrityUploader.stream);
         await integrityUploader.finish();
 
diff --git a/src/backuptask.js b/src/backuptask.js
index 43edf281c..29820f483 100644
--- a/src/backuptask.js
+++ b/src/backuptask.js
@@ -233,12 +233,12 @@ async function copy(backupTarget, srcRemotePath, destRemotePath, progressCallbac
     }
     debug(`copy: copied successfully to ${destRemotePath}. Took ${(new Date() - startTime)/1000} seconds`);
 
-    const [copyChecksumError] = await safe(backupTargets.storageApi(backupTarget).copy(backupTarget.config, `${srcRemotePath}.checksum`, `${destRemotePath}.checksum`, progressCallback));
+    const [copyChecksumError] = await safe(backupTargets.storageApi(backupTarget).copy(backupTarget.config, `${srcRemotePath}.backupinfo`, `${destRemotePath}.backupinfo`, progressCallback));
     if (copyChecksumError) {
         debug(`copy: copied to ${destRemotePath} errored. error: ${copyChecksumError.message}`);
         throw copyChecksumError;
     }
-    debug(`copy: copied checksum successfully to ${destRemotePath}.checksum`);
+    debug(`copy: copied backupinfo successfully to ${destRemotePath}.backupinfo`);
 }
 
 async function backupBox(backupTarget, dependsOn, tag, options, progressCallback) {