diff --git a/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue b/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue
index c59bbcf8..3a757a86 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/BackupsTable.vue
@@ -13,17 +13,20 @@
           <th class="hidden sm:table-cell w-20 md:w-28">Size</th>
           <th class="w-36"></th>
         </tr>
-        <tr v-for="backup in backups" :key="backup.id">
+        <tr v-for="backup in backups" :key="backup.id" :class="!backup.serverVersion ? 'bg-error bg-opacity-10' : ''">
           <td>
             <p class="truncate text-xs sm:text-sm md:text-base">/{{ backup.path.replace(/\\/g, '/') }}</p>
           </td>
-          <td class="hidden sm:table-cell font-sans text-base">{{ backup.datePretty }}</td>
-          <td class="hidden sm:table-cell font-mono md:text-base text-xs">{{ $bytesPretty(backup.fileSize) }}</td>
+          <td class="hidden sm:table-cell font-sans text-sm">{{ backup.datePretty }}</td>
+          <td class="hidden sm:table-cell font-mono md:text-sm text-xs">{{ $bytesPretty(backup.fileSize) }}</td>
           <td>
             <div class="w-full flex flex-row items-center justify-center">
-              <ui-btn small color="primary" @click="applyBackup(backup)">Apply</ui-btn>
+              <ui-btn v-if="backup.serverVersion" small color="primary" @click="applyBackup(backup)">Apply</ui-btn>
 
-              <a :href="`/metadata/${$encodeUriPath(backup.path)}?token=${userToken}`" class="mx-1 pt-1 hover:text-opacity-100 text-opacity-70 text-white" download><span class="material-icons text-xl">download</span></a>
+              <a v-if="backup.serverVersion" :href="`/metadata/${$encodeUriPath(backup.path)}?token=${userToken}`" class="mx-1 pt-1 hover:text-opacity-100 text-opacity-70 text-white" download><span class="material-icons text-xl">download</span></a>
+              <ui-tooltip v-else text="This backup was created with an old version of audiobookshelf no longer supported" direction="bottom" class="mx-2 flex items-center">
+                <span class="material-icons-outlined text-error">error_outline</span>
+              </ui-tooltip>
 
               <span class="material-icons text-xl hover:text-error hover:text-opacity-100 text-opacity-70 text-white cursor-pointer mx-1" @click="deleteBackupClick(backup)">delete</span>
             </div>
@@ -176,11 +179,11 @@ export default {
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-#backups tr:nth-child(even) {
+#backups tr:nth-child(even):not(.bg-error) {
   background-color: #3a3a3a;
 }
 
-#backups tr:not(.staticrow):hover {
+#backups tr:not(.staticrow):not(.bg-error):hover {
   background-color: #444;
 }
 
diff --git a/server/managers/BackupManager.js b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
index 5c56fd13..9c1002cd 100644
--- a/server/managers/BackupManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/BackupManager.js
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ class BackupManager {
     var details = data.toString('utf8').split('\n')
 
     var backup = new Backup({ details, fullPath: tempPath })
+
+    if (!backup.serverVersion) {
+      Logger.error(`[BackupManager] Invalid backup with no server version - might be a backup created before version 2.0.0`)
+      return res.status(500).send('Invalid backup. Might be a backup created before version 2.0.0.')
+    }
+
     backup.fileSize = await getFileSize(backup.fullPath)
 
     var existingBackupIndex = this.backups.findIndex(b => b.id === backup.id)
@@ -133,6 +139,11 @@ class BackupManager {
           var details = data.toString('utf8').split('\n')
 
           var backup = new Backup({ details, fullPath: fullFilePath })
+
+          if (!backup.serverVersion) {
+            Logger.error(`[BackupManager] Old unsupported backup was found "${backup.fullPath}"`)
+          }
+
           backup.fileSize = await getFileSize(backup.fullPath)
           var existingBackupWithId = this.backups.find(b => b.id === backup.id)
           if (existingBackupWithId) {
diff --git a/server/objects/Backup.js b/server/objects/Backup.js
index 727a9ff6..a9fa9de5 100644
--- a/server/objects/Backup.js
+++ b/server/objects/Backup.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const Path = require('path')
 const date = require('date-and-time')
+const version = require('../../package.json').version
 
 class Backup {
   constructor(data = null) {
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ class Backup {
     this.filename = null
     this.path = null
     this.fullPath = null
+    this.serverVersion = null
 
     this.fileSize = null
     this.createdAt = null
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ class Backup {
     details.push(this.id)
     details.push(this.backupMetadataCovers ? '1' : '0')
     details.push(this.createdAt)
+    details.push(this.serverVersion)
     return details.join('\n')
   }
 
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ class Backup {
     this.id = data.details[0]
     this.backupMetadataCovers = data.details[1] === '1'
     this.createdAt = Number(data.details[2])
+    this.serverVersion = data.details[3] || null
 
     this.datePretty = date.format(new Date(this.createdAt), 'ddd, MMM D YYYY HH:mm')
 
@@ -51,7 +55,8 @@ class Backup {
       path: this.path,
       filename: this.filename,
       fileSize: this.fileSize,
-      createdAt: this.createdAt
+      createdAt: this.createdAt,
+      serverVersion: this.serverVersion
     }
   }
 
@@ -67,6 +72,8 @@ class Backup {
     this.path = Path.join('backups', this.filename)
     this.fullPath = Path.join(this.backupDirPath, this.filename)
 
+    this.serverVersion = version
+
     this.createdAt = Date.now()
   }
 }