diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 4c1ddae..e66220c 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- error when typing the remote path, ```listBackups()``` function was not working if final slash not included in typed directory path name. 
+- error when typing the remote path, ```listBackups()``` function was not working if final slash not included in typed directory path name.
+- added ```force=True``` flag to the ```rmdir()``` function. Fixes issue with directories being removed when not empty
 
 ## [Version 1.6.5](https://github.com/robweber/xbmcbackup/compare/matrix-1.6.4...robweber:matrix-1.6.5) - 2021-03-06
 
diff --git a/resources/lib/vfs.py b/resources/lib/vfs.py
index 4680725..9cd044b 100644
--- a/resources/lib/vfs.py
+++ b/resources/lib/vfs.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class XBMCFileSystem(Vfs):
         return xbmcvfs.copy(xbmcvfs.translatePath(source), xbmcvfs.translatePath(dest))
 
     def rmdir(self, directory):
-        return xbmcvfs.rmdir(directory)
+        return xbmcvfs.rmdir(directory, force=True)  # use force=True to make sure it works recursively
 
     def rmfile(self, aFile):
         return xbmcvfs.delete(aFile)