diff --git a/meshcentral-config-schema.json b/meshcentral-config-schema.json
index aebe15dc..fcff4f68 100644
--- a/meshcentral-config-schema.json
+++ b/meshcentral-config-schema.json
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@
             "boolean",
             "object"
           ],
-          "description": "If set to \"true\", automatic backups of your MeshCentral data will be enabled. Alternatively, you can provide an object with additional values such as \"webdav\", \"backupPath\", \"backupIntervalHours\", and more.",
+          "description": "Enabled by default or if set to true. Disabled if set to false. An object can be provided with additional properties to set autobackup options.",
           "properties": {
             "mongoDumpPath": {
               "type": "string",
diff --git a/meshcentral.js b/meshcentral.js
index abc864f1..f3dc14ea 100644
--- a/meshcentral.js
+++ b/meshcentral.js
@@ -2100,9 +2100,9 @@ function CreateMeshCentralServer(config, args) {
                     obj.updateServerState('state', "running");
 
                     // Setup auto-backup defaults
-                    if (obj.config.settings.autobackup == null || obj.config.settings.autobackup == false || obj.config.settings.autobackup == 'false') { obj.config.settings.autobackup = {backupintervalhours: 0}; } //no schedule, but able to console autobackup
+                    if (obj.config.settings.autobackup == false || obj.config.settings.autobackup == 'false') { obj.config.settings.autobackup = {backupintervalhours: 0}; } //no schedule, but able to console autobackup
                     else {
-                        if (obj.config.settings.autobackup === true) {obj.config.settings.autobackup = {backupintervalhours: 24, keeplastdaysbackup: 10}; };
+                        if (obj.config.settings.autobackup == null || obj.config.settings.autobackup === true) { obj.config.settings.autobackup = {backupintervalhours: 24, keeplastdaysbackup: 10}; };
                         if (typeof obj.config.settings.autobackup.backupintervalhours != 'number') { obj.config.settings.autobackup.backupintervalhours = 24; };
                         if (typeof obj.config.settings.autobackup.keeplastdaysbackup != 'number') { obj.config.settings.autobackup.keeplastdaysbackup = 10; };
                         //arrayfi in case of string and remove possible ', ' space. !! If a string instead of an array is passed, it will be split by ',' so *{.txt,.log} won't work in that case !!