diff --git a/client/pages/config/backups.vue b/client/pages/config/backups.vue
index f7845119..a88cfc23 100644
--- a/client/pages/config/backups.vue
+++ b/client/pages/config/backups.vue
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <ui-text-input type="number" v-model="maxBackupSize" no-spinner :disabled="updatingServerSettings" :padding-x="1" text-center class="w-10" @change="updateBackupsSettings" />
 
         <ui-tooltip :text="$strings.LabelBackupsMaxBackupSizeHelp">
-          <p class="pl-4 text-lg">{{ $strings.LabelBackupsMaxBackupSize }} <span class="material-symbols icon-text">info</span></p>
+          <p class="pl-4 text-lg">{{ $strings.LabelBackupsMaxBackupSize }} (0 for unlimited) <span class="material-symbols icon-text">info</span></p>
         </ui-tooltip>
       </div>
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export default {
         })
     },
     updateBackupsSettings() {
-      if (isNaN(this.maxBackupSize) || this.maxBackupSize <= 0) {
+      if (isNaN(this.maxBackupSize) || this.maxBackupSize < 0) {
         this.$toast.error('Invalid maximum backup size')
         return
       }
@@ -200,10 +200,9 @@ export default {
     },
     initServerSettings() {
       this.newServerSettings = this.serverSettings ? { ...this.serverSettings } : {}
-
       this.backupsToKeep = this.newServerSettings.backupsToKeep || 2
       this.enableBackups = !!this.newServerSettings.backupSchedule
-      this.maxBackupSize = this.newServerSettings.maxBackupSize || 1
+      this.maxBackupSize = this.newServerSettings.maxBackupSize || 0
       this.cronExpression = this.newServerSettings.backupSchedule || '30 1 * * *'
     }
   },
diff --git a/server/managers/BackupManager.js b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
index 88772c58..13493952 100644
--- a/server/managers/BackupManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class BackupManager {
   }
 
   get maxBackupSize() {
-    return global.ServerSettings.maxBackupSize || 1
+    return global.ServerSettings.maxBackupSize || Infinity
   }
 
   async init() {
@@ -419,14 +419,16 @@ class BackupManager {
         reject(err)
       })
       archive.on('progress', ({ fs: fsobj }) => {
-        const maxBackupSizeInBytes = this.maxBackupSize * 1000 * 1000 * 1000
-        if (fsobj.processedBytes > maxBackupSizeInBytes) {
-          Logger.error(`[BackupManager] Archiver is too large - aborting to prevent endless loop, Bytes Processed: ${fsobj.processedBytes}`)
-          archive.abort()
-          setTimeout(() => {
-            this.removeBackup(backup)
-            output.destroy('Backup too large') // Promise is reject in write stream error evt
-          }, 500)
+        if (this.maxBackupSize !== Infinity) {
+          const maxBackupSizeInBytes = this.maxBackupSize * 1000 * 1000 * 1000
+          if (fsobj.processedBytes > maxBackupSizeInBytes) {
+            Logger.error(`[BackupManager] Archiver is too large - aborting to prevent endless loop, Bytes Processed: ${fsobj.processedBytes}`)
+            archive.abort()
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              this.removeBackup(backup)
+              output.destroy('Backup too large') // Promise is reject in write stream error evt
+            }, 500)
+          }
         }
       })