diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index 5a3c79e..86f8f4d 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ msgid "Would you like to continue?"
 msgstr "Would you like to continue?"
 
 msgctxt "#30045"
-msgid "Error: Remote path doesn't exist"
-msgstr "Error: Remote path doesn't exist"
+msgid "Error: Remote or zip file path doesn't exist"
+msgstr "Error: Remote or zip file path doesn't exist"
 
 msgctxt "#30046"
 msgid "Starting"
@@ -596,3 +596,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgctxt "#30151"
 msgid "Enable Verbose Logging"
 msgstr ""
+
+msgctxt "#30152"
+msgid "Set Zip File Location"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/resources/lib/backup.py b/resources/lib/backup.py
index 05976d5..ec542fe 100644
--- a/resources/lib/backup.py
+++ b/resources/lib/backup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class XbmcBackup:
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.xbmc_vfs = XBMCFileSystem(xbmcvfs.translatePath('special://home'))
-        self.ZIP_TEMP_PATH = xbmcvfs.translatePath('special://temp')
+        self.ZIP_TEMP_PATH = xbmcvfs.translatePath(utils.getSetting('zip_temp_path'))
 
         self.configureRemote()
         utils.log(utils.getString(30046))
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class XbmcBackup:
     def remoteConfigured(self):
         result = True
 
-        if(self.remote_base_path == ""):
+        if(self.remote_base_path == "" or not xbmcvfs.exists(self.ZIP_TEMP_PATH)):
             result = False
 
         return result
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ class XbmcBackup:
 
         utils.log(utils.getString(30047) + ": " + self.xbmc_vfs.root_path)
         utils.log(utils.getString(30048) + ": " + self.remote_vfs.root_path)
+        utils.log(utils.getString(30152) + ": " + utils.getSetting('zip_temp_path'))
 
         # setup the progress bar
         self.progressBar = BackupProgressBar(progressOverride)
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 2d9dda4..4ff1171 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
           <default>false</default>
           <control type="toggle" />
         </setting>
+        <!-- zip folder staging path -->
+        <setting id="zip_temp_path" type="string" label="30152" help="">
+	        <level>3</level>
+	          <default>special://temp</default>
+	          <constraints>
+		          <allowempty>true</allowempty>
+	          </constraints>
+            <dependencies>
+              <dependency type="visible" setting="compress_backups">true</dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+	          <control type="edit" format="string">
+		          <heading>30152</heading>
+	          </control>
+        </setting>
         <!-- backup rotation -->
         <setting id="backup_rotation" type="integer" label="30026" help="">
           <level>0</level>