diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index 37d30ec7..3a33d540 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -2763,7 +2763,8 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
             // Check that we have access to MongoDump
             var backupPath = parent.backuppath;
             if (parent.config.settings.autobackup && parent.config.settings.autobackup.backuppath) { backupPath = parent.config.settings.autobackup.backuppath; }
-            try { parent.fs.mkdirSync(backupPath); } catch (e) { }
+            try { parent.fs.mkdirSync(backupPath); } catch (ex) { }
+            if (parent.fs.existsSync(backupPath) == false) { func(1, "Backup folder \"" + backupPath + "\" does not exist, database auto-backup will not be performed."); return; }
 
             var cmd = buildMongoDumpCommand();
             cmd += (parent.platform == 'win32') ? ' --archive=\"nul\"' : ' --archive=\"/dev/null\"';
@@ -2786,6 +2787,7 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
             var backupPath = parent.backuppath;
             if (parent.config.settings.autobackup && parent.config.settings.autobackup.backuppath) { backupPath = parent.config.settings.autobackup.backuppath; }
             try { parent.fs.mkdirSync(backupPath); } catch (e) { }
+            if (parent.fs.existsSync(backupPath) == false) { func(1, "Backup folder \"" + backupPath + "\" does not exist, database auto-backup will not be performed."); return; }
 
             var cmd = buildSqlDumpCommand();
             cmd += ' > ' + ((parent.platform == 'win32') ? '\"nul\"' : '\"/dev/null\"');