diff --git a/default/config.yaml b/default/config.yaml
index b18d9a2a5..a9d38a4d0 100644
--- a/default/config.yaml
+++ b/default/config.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ autorun: true
 # use if you don't have 'localhost' in your hosts file
 avoidLocalhost: false
 
+## BACKUP CONFIGURATION
+backups:
+  # Common settings for all backup types
+  common:
+    # Number of backups to keep for each chat and settings file
+    numberOfBackups: 50
+  chat:
+    # Enable automatic chat backups
+    enabled: true
+    # Maximum number of chat backups to keep per user (starting from the most recent). Set to -1 to keep all backups.
+    maxTotalBackups: -1
+    # Interval in milliseconds to throttle chat backups per user
+    throttleInterval: 10000
+
 # THUMBNAILING CONFIGURATION
 thumbnails:
   # Enable thumbnail generation
@@ -102,14 +116,6 @@ thumbnails:
 allowKeysExposure: false
 # Skip new default content checks
 skipContentCheck: false
-# Disable automatic chats backup
-disableChatBackup: false
-# Number of backups to keep for each chat and settings file
-numberOfBackups: 50
-# Maximum number of chat backups to keep per user (starting from the most recent). Set to -1 to keep all backups.
-maxTotalChatBackups: -1
-# Interval in milliseconds to throttle chat backups per user
-chatBackupThrottleInterval: 10000
 # Allowed hosts for card downloads
 whitelistImportDomains:
   - localhost
diff --git a/post-install.js b/post-install.js
index d3e16a498..97745bb15 100644
--- a/post-install.js
+++ b/post-install.js
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ const keyMigrationMap = [
         newKey: 'thumbnails.format',
         migrate: (value) => (value ? 'png' : 'jpg'),
     },
+    {
+        oldKey: 'disableChatBackup',
+        newKey: 'backups.chat.enabled',
+        migrate: (value) => !value,
+    },
+    {
+        oldKey: 'numberOfBackups',
+        newKey: 'backups.common.numberOfBackups',
+        migrate: (value) => value,
+    },
+    {
+        oldKey: 'maxTotalChatBackups',
+        newKey: 'backups.chat.maxTotalBackups',
+        migrate: (value) => value,
+    },
+    {
+        oldKey: 'chatBackupThrottleInterval',
+        newKey: 'backups.chat.throttleInterval',
+        migrate: (value) => value,
+    },
 ];
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/endpoints/chats.js b/src/endpoints/chats.js
index f5312b4bb..62c790400 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/chats.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/chats.js
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import {
     formatBytes,
 } from '../util.js';
 
-const isBackupDisabled = getConfigValue('disableChatBackup', false);
-const maxTotalChatBackups = Number(getConfigValue('maxTotalChatBackups', -1));
-const throttleInterval = getConfigValue('chatBackupThrottleInterval', 10_000);
+const isBackupEnabled = !!getConfigValue('backups.chat.enabled', true);
+const maxTotalChatBackups = Number(getConfigValue('backups.chat.maxTotalBackups', -1));
+const throttleInterval = Number(getConfigValue('backups.chat.throttleInterval', 10_000));
 
 /**
  * Saves a chat to the backups directory.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const throttleInterval = getConfigValue('chatBackupThrottleInterval', 10_000);
 function backupChat(directory, name, chat) {
     try {
 
-        if (isBackupDisabled) {
+        if (!isBackupEnabled) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 37b6bdd6f..0fe03e76c 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ export function generateTimestamp() {
  * Remove old backups with the given prefix from a specified directory.
  * @param {string} directory The root directory to remove backups from.
  * @param {string} prefix File prefix to filter backups by.
- * @param {number?} limit Maximum number of backups to keep. If null, the limit is determined by the `numberOfBackups` config value.
+ * @param {number?} limit Maximum number of backups to keep. If null, the limit is determined by the `backups.common.numberOfBackups` config value.
  */
 export function removeOldBackups(directory, prefix, limit = null) {
-    const MAX_BACKUPS = limit ?? Number(getConfigValue('numberOfBackups', 50));
+    const MAX_BACKUPS = limit ?? Number(getConfigValue('backups.common.numberOfBackups', 50));
 
     let files = fs.readdirSync(directory).filter(f => f.startsWith(prefix));
     if (files.length > MAX_BACKUPS) {