diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/backup/BackupCreator.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/backup/BackupCreator.kt
index 619e30e01e..a8cd3b773c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/backup/BackupCreator.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/backup/BackupCreator.kt
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class BackupCreator(
                 if (isAutoBackup) {
                     // Get dir of file and create
                     val dir = UniFile.fromUri(context, uri)
-                        .createDirectory("automatic")
 
                     // Delete older backups
                     dir.listFiles { _, filename -> Backup.filenameRegex.matches(filename) }
diff --git a/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/storage/service/StoragePreferences.kt b/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/storage/service/StoragePreferences.kt
index c336825b82..a426caaa4f 100644
--- a/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/storage/service/StoragePreferences.kt
+++ b/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/storage/service/StoragePreferences.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class StoragePreferences(
     fun baseStorageDirectory() = preferenceStore.getString("storage_dir", folderProvider.path())
 
     companion object {
-        const val BACKUP_DIR = "backup"
+        const val BACKUP_DIR = "autobackup"
         const val DOWNLOADS_DIR = "downloads"
     }
 }