diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
index 0415f7a..e59eaa0 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ gitea_var_tree:
   - "{{ gitea_var_path }}/custom"
   - "{{ gitea_var_path }}/data"
   - "{{ gitea_var_path }}/log"
+  - "{{ gitea_var_path }}/backup"
 
 gitea_ssl_enabled: yes
 gitea_ssl_certificate: "/etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ gitea_domain }}/fullchain.pem"