diff --git a/internal/api/resolver_mutation_configure.go b/internal/api/resolver_mutation_configure.go
index 9cf3ac9a4..0252192e7 100644
--- a/internal/api/resolver_mutation_configure.go
+++ b/internal/api/resolver_mutation_configure.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (r *mutationResolver) ConfigureGeneral(ctx context.Context, input ConfigGen
 
 	existingBackupDirectoryPath := c.GetBackupDirectoryPath()
 	if input.BackupDirectoryPath != nil && existingBackupDirectoryPath != *input.BackupDirectoryPath {
-		if err := validateDir(config.BackupDirectoryPath, *input.BackupDirectoryPath, false); err != nil {
+		if err := validateDir(config.BackupDirectoryPath, *input.BackupDirectoryPath, true); err != nil {
 			return makeConfigGeneralResult(), err
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/database.go b/pkg/sqlite/database.go
index 07641c85e..26e4ead8c 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/database.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/database.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (db *Database) DatabasePath() string {
 }
 
 func (db *Database) DatabaseBackupPath(backupDirectoryPath string) string {
-	fn := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d.%s", db.dbPath, db.schemaVersion, time.Now().Format("20060102_150405"))
+	fn := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d.%s", filepath.Base(db.dbPath), db.schemaVersion, time.Now().Format("20060102_150405"))
 
 	if backupDirectoryPath != "" {
 		return filepath.Join(backupDirectoryPath, fn)