diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
index 5553fd48e..cb8c81608 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
             <span class="text-muted">Location</span>
         </div>
         <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
-            <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem'">{{ backupConfig.backupFolder }}</span>
+            <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 'filesystem'">{{ backupConfig.backupFolder || '/var/backups' }}</span>
             <span ng-show="backupConfig.provider === 's3'">{{ backupConfig.region + '   ' + backupConfig.bucket + '/' + backupConfig.prefix }}</span>
         </div>
     </div>