diff --git a/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue b/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue
index eb16dadb..98f017ad 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue
@@ -64,13 +64,11 @@ export default {
       showConfirmApply: false,
       selectedBackup: null,
       isBackingUp: false,
-      processing: false
+      processing: false,
+      backups: []
     }
   },
   computed: {
-    backups() {
-      return this.$store.state.backups || []
-    },
     userToken() {
       return this.$store.getters['user/getToken']
     }
@@ -96,9 +94,8 @@ export default {
         this.processing = true
         this.$axios
           .$delete(`/api/backups/${backup.id}`)
-          .then((backups) => {
-            console.log('Backup deleted', backups)
-            this.$store.commit('setBackups', backups)
+          .then((data) => {
+            this.setBackups(data.backups || [])
             this.$toast.success(this.$strings.ToastBackupDeleteSuccess)
             this.processing = false
           })
@@ -117,10 +114,10 @@ export default {
       this.isBackingUp = true
       this.$axios
         .$post('/api/backups')
-        .then((backups) => {
+        .then((data) => {
           this.isBackingUp = false
           this.$toast.success(this.$strings.ToastBackupCreateSuccess)
-          this.$store.commit('setBackups', backups)
+          this.setBackups(data.backups || [])
         })
         .catch((error) => {
           this.isBackingUp = false
@@ -136,9 +133,8 @@ export default {
 
       this.$axios
         .$post('/api/backups/upload', form)
-        .then((result) => {
-          console.log('Upload backup result', result)
-          this.$store.commit('setBackups', result)
+        .then((data) => {
+          this.setBackups(data.backups || [])
           this.$toast.success(this.$strings.ToastBackupUploadSuccess)
           this.processing = false
         })
@@ -148,9 +144,29 @@ export default {
           this.$toast.error(errorMessage)
           this.processing = false
         })
+    },
+    setBackups(backups) {
+      backups.sort((a, b) => b.createdAt - a.createdAt)
+      this.backups = backups
+    },
+    loadBackups() {
+      this.processing = true
+      this.$axios
+        .$get('/api/backups')
+        .then((data) => {
+          this.setBackups(data.backups || [])
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          console.error('Failed to load backups', error)
+          this.$toast.error('Failed to load backups')
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          this.processing = false
+        })
     }
   },
   mounted() {
+    this.loadBackups()
     if (this.$route.query.backup) {
       this.$toast.success('Backup applied successfully')
       this.$router.replace('/config')
diff --git a/client/layouts/default.vue b/client/layouts/default.vue
index 4d9d1438..8fbfa1f5 100644
--- a/client/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/client/layouts/default.vue
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ export default {
         }
       })
 
-      if (payload.backups && payload.backups.length) {
-        this.$store.commit('setBackups', payload.backups)
-      }
       if (payload.usersOnline) {
         this.$store.commit('users/resetUsers')
         payload.usersOnline.forEach((user) => {
diff --git a/client/store/index.js b/client/store/index.js
index 4ddb5a3c..9b27abd4 100644
--- a/client/store/index.js
+++ b/client/store/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export const state = () => ({
   processingBatch: false,
   previousPath: '/',
   showExperimentalFeatures: false,
-  backups: [],
   bookshelfBookIds: [],
   openModal: null,
   innerModalOpen: false,
@@ -245,9 +244,6 @@ export const mutations = {
     state.showExperimentalFeatures = val
     localStorage.setItem('experimental', val ? 1 : 0)
   },
-  setBackups(state, val) {
-    state.backups = val.sort((a, b) => b.createdAt - a.createdAt)
-  },
   setOpenModal(state, val) {
     state.openModal = val
   },
diff --git a/server/Server.js b/server/Server.js
index 7983809f..ed095a10 100644
--- a/server/Server.js
+++ b/server/Server.js
@@ -473,15 +473,14 @@ class Server {
     await this.db.updateEntity('user', user)
 
     const initialPayload = {
-      metadataPath: global.MetadataPath,
-      configPath: global.ConfigPath,
-      user: client.user.toJSONForBrowser(),
-      librariesScanning: this.scanner.librariesScanning,
-      backups: (this.backupManager.backups || []).map(b => b.toJSON())
+      userId: client.user.id,
+      username: client.user.username,
+      librariesScanning: this.scanner.librariesScanning
     }
-    if (user.type === 'root') {
+    if (user.isAdminOrUp) {
       initialPayload.usersOnline = this.getUsersOnline()
     }
+
     client.socket.emit('init', initialPayload)
   }
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/BackupController.js b/server/controllers/BackupController.js
index 79b07fd1..7ee482a9 100644
--- a/server/controllers/BackupController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/BackupController.js
@@ -3,32 +3,29 @@ const Logger = require('../Logger')
 class BackupController {
   constructor() { }
 
-  async create(req, res) {
-    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
-      Logger.error(`[BackupController] Non-admin user attempting to craete backup`, req.user)
-      return res.sendStatus(403)
-    }
+  getAll(req, res) {
+    res.json({
+      backups: this.backupManager.backups.map(b => b.toJSON())
+    })
+  }
+
+  create(req, res) {
     this.backupManager.requestCreateBackup(res)
   }
 
   async delete(req, res) {
-    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
-      Logger.error(`[BackupController] Non-admin user attempting to delete backup`, req.user)
-      return res.sendStatus(403)
-    }
     var backup = this.backupManager.backups.find(b => b.id === req.params.id)
     if (!backup) {
       return res.sendStatus(404)
     }
     await this.backupManager.removeBackup(backup)
-    res.json(this.backupManager.backups.map(b => b.toJSON()))
+
+    res.json({
+      backups: this.backupManager.backups.map(b => b.toJSON())
+    })
   }
 
   async upload(req, res) {
-    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
-      Logger.error(`[BackupController] Non-admin user attempting to upload backup`, req.user)
-      return res.sendStatus(403)
-    }
     if (!req.files.file) {
       Logger.error('[BackupController] Upload backup invalid')
       return res.sendStatus(500)
@@ -37,10 +34,6 @@ class BackupController {
   }
 
   async apply(req, res) {
-    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
-      Logger.error(`[BackupController] Non-admin user attempting to apply backup`, req.user)
-      return res.sendStatus(403)
-    }
     var backup = this.backupManager.backups.find(b => b.id === req.params.id)
     if (!backup) {
       return res.sendStatus(404)
@@ -48,5 +41,13 @@ class BackupController {
     await this.backupManager.requestApplyBackup(backup)
     res.sendStatus(200)
   }
+
+  middleware(req, res, next) {
+    if (!req.user.isAdminOrUp) {
+      Logger.error(`[BackupController] Non-admin user attempting to access backups`, req.user)
+      return res.sendStatus(403)
+    }
+    next()
+  }
 }
 module.exports = new BackupController()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/managers/BackupManager.js b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
index 01f05b90..00654f86 100644
--- a/server/managers/BackupManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
@@ -106,13 +106,20 @@ class BackupManager {
       this.backups.push(backup)
     }
 
-    return res.json(this.backups.map(b => b.toJSON()))
+    res.json({
+      backups: this.backups.map(b => b.toJSON())
+    })
   }
 
   async requestCreateBackup(res) {
     var backupSuccess = await this.runBackup()
-    if (backupSuccess) res.json(this.backups.map(b => b.toJSON()))
-    else res.sendStatus(500)
+    if (backupSuccess) {
+      res.json({
+        backups: this.backups.map(b => b.toJSON())
+      })
+    } else {
+      res.sendStatus(500)
+    }
   }
 
   async requestApplyBackup(backup) {
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index d296cf50..dd654748 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -163,10 +163,11 @@ class ApiRouter {
     //
     // Backup Routes
     //
-    this.router.post('/backups', BackupController.create.bind(this))
-    this.router.delete('/backups/:id', BackupController.delete.bind(this))
-    this.router.get('/backups/:id/apply', BackupController.apply.bind(this))
-    this.router.post('/backups/upload', BackupController.upload.bind(this))
+    this.router.get('/backups', BackupController.middleware.bind(this), BackupController.getAll.bind(this))
+    this.router.post('/backups', BackupController.middleware.bind(this), BackupController.create.bind(this))
+    this.router.delete('/backups/:id', BackupController.middleware.bind(this), BackupController.delete.bind(this))
+    this.router.get('/backups/:id/apply', BackupController.middleware.bind(this), BackupController.apply.bind(this))
+    this.router.post('/backups/upload', BackupController.middleware.bind(this), BackupController.upload.bind(this))
 
     //
     // File System Routes