diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/dialogs/ManageAutomaticBackupsDialog.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/dialogs/ManageAutomaticBackupsDialog.kt
index 053798384..058937a4a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/dialogs/ManageAutomaticBackupsDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/dialogs/ManageAutomaticBackupsDialog.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.dialogs
 
-import android.os.Environment
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AlertDialog
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.R
@@ -14,10 +13,7 @@ import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.dialog_manage_automatic_backups.view.*
 class ManageAutomaticBackupsDialog(private val activity: SimpleActivity, onSuccess: () -> Unit) {
     private val view = (activity.layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_manage_automatic_backups, null) as ViewGroup)
     private val config = activity.config
-    private var backupFolder = config.autoBackupFolder.ifEmpty {
-        Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).absolutePath
-    }
-
+    private var backupFolder = config.autoBackupFolder
     private var selectedEventTypes = config.autoBackupEventTypes.ifEmpty { config.displayEventTypes }
 
     init {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Config.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Config.kt
index fa92f34bf..09cfdafde 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Config.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/pro/helpers/Config.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.helpers
 import android.content.Context
 import android.media.AudioManager
 import android.media.RingtoneManager
+import android.os.Environment
+import android.os.Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.R
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.extensions.config
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro.extensions.scheduleCalDAVSync
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ class Config(context: Context) : BaseConfig(context) {
         set(enableAutomaticBackups) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(AUTO_BACKUP, enableAutomaticBackups).apply()
 
     var autoBackupFolder: String
-        get() = prefs.getString(AUTO_BACKUP_FOLDER, "")!!
+        get() = prefs.getString(AUTO_BACKUP_FOLDER, Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).absolutePath)!!
         set(autoBackupPath) = prefs.edit().putString(AUTO_BACKUP_FOLDER, autoBackupPath).apply()
 
     var autoBackupFilename: String