diff --git a/evibes/ftpstorage.py b/evibes/ftpstorage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78165461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evibes/ftpstorage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from storages.backends.ftp import FTPStorage
+
+
+class AbsoluteFTPStorage(FTPStorage):  # type: ignore
+    def _get_config(self):
+        cfg = super()._get_config()
+        url = urlparse(self.location)
+        cfg["path"] = url.path or cfg["path"]
+        return cfg
diff --git a/evibes/settings/dbbackup.py b/evibes/settings/dbbackup.py
index f0278262..cec40f83 100644
--- a/evibes/settings/dbbackup.py
+++ b/evibes/settings/dbbackup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if getenv("DBBACKUP_HOST") and getenv("DBBACKUP_USER") and getenv("DBBACKUP_PASS
     dbbackup_server_type = getenv("DBBACKUP_TYPE", "sftp")
     project_name = getenv("EVIBES_PROJECT_NAME", "evibes_common").lower().replace(" ", "_")
 
-    raw_path = getenv("DBBACKUP_PATH", f"backups/{project_name}")
+    raw_path = getenv("DBBACKUP_PATH", f"/backups/{project_name}/")
     cleaned = raw_path.strip("/")
     remote_dir = f"{cleaned}/"
 
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ if getenv("DBBACKUP_HOST") and getenv("DBBACKUP_USER") and getenv("DBBACKUP_PASS
             }
 
         case "ftp":
-            DBBACKUP_STORAGE = "storages.backends.ftp.FTPStorage"
+            DBBACKUP_STORAGE = "evibes.ftpstorage.AbsoluteFTPStorage"
             DBBACKUP_STORAGE_OPTIONS = {
                 "location": (
                     f"ftp://{getenv('DBBACKUP_USER')}:"
                     f"{getenv('DBBACKUP_PASS')}@"
                     f"{getenv('DBBACKUP_HOST')}:21/"
-                    f"{remote_dir}"
+                    f"{raw_path}"
                 ),
             }