diff --git a/server/managers/BackupManager.js b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
index 1349395217..b8b1beea81 100644
--- a/server/managers/BackupManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ class BackupManager {
     Logger.info(`[BackupManager] Saved backup sqlite file at "${dbPath}"`)
 
     // Extract /metadata/items and /metadata/authors folders
+    await fs.ensureDir(this.ItemsMetadataPath)
     await zip.extract('metadata-items/', this.ItemsMetadataPath)
+    await fs.ensureDir(this.AuthorsMetadataPath)
     await zip.extract('metadata-authors/', this.AuthorsMetadataPath)
     await zip.close()