diff --git a/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index c5c8e27..1e72c8e 100644
--- a/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -87,4 +87,6 @@
 	<string id="30093">Delete Authorization Info</string>
 	<string id="30094">This will delete any OAuth token files</string>
 	<string id="30095">Do you want to do this?</string>
+	<string id="30096">Old Zip Archive could not be deleted</string>
+	<string id="30097">This needs to happen before a backup can run</string>
 </strings>
diff --git a/resources/lib/backup.py b/resources/lib/backup.py
index 2093df2..792335f 100644
--- a/resources/lib/backup.py
+++ b/resources/lib/backup.py
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ class XbmcBackup:
             if(utils.getSetting("compress_backups") == 'true'):
                 #delete old temp file
                 if(self.xbmc_vfs.exists(xbmc.translatePath('special://temp/xbmc_backup_temp.zip'))):
-                    self.xbmc_vfs.rmfile(xbmc.translatePath('special://temp/xbmc_backup_temp.zip'))
+                    if(not self.xbmc_vfs.rmfile(xbmc.translatePath('special://temp/xbmc_backup_temp.zip'))):
+                        #we had some kind of error deleting the old file
+                        xbmcgui.Dialog().ok(utils.getString(30010),utils.getString(30096),utils.getString(30097))
+                        return
                     
                 #save the remote file system and use the zip vfs
                 self.saved_remote_vfs = self.remote_vfs