# Better backup error handling

**Project:** Sites | **Board:** Closed | **Votes:** 1
**URL:** https://roadmap.ploi.io/projects/2-site-level-requests/items/375-better-backup-error-handling

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I noticed that Ploi doesn't really report if something goes wrong when creating backups. In my specific case the backup destination path didn't exist which resulted in the following error message
```
Uploading ZIP to SFTP server..
cd: Access failed: No such file (/sites/example.com)
Done uploading..
```

It would be nice if Ploi could notify if something like this happens.

PS: Can Ploi automatically create the destination path if it doesn't exist?

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## Comments

**Dennis** (2022-11-15T13:08:29+00:00):
This issue was caused becuase the remote folder didn't exist right? Was it fixed after?

**Sam** (2022-11-15T13:11:11+00:00):
Yes, the remote folder didn't exist. Once I created it, the backup itself was working perfectly fine.

**Dennis** (2022-12-07T07:27:34+00:00):
Ok, thank you, for now I'll close this but keep the item to see wether more people experience this and get more upvotes.