diff --git a/backend/src/data/backup.rs b/backend/src/data/backup.rs
index 3cb376a..1d61237 100644
--- a/backend/src/data/backup.rs
+++ b/backend/src/data/backup.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async fn start(db_connection: &db::Connection, path: &PathBuf) {
                 Ok(mut file_output) => {
                     if let Err(error) = tokio::io::copy(&mut encoder, &mut file_output).await {
                         error!("Error when compressing backup file: {}", error);
-                    } else if let Err(error) = std::fs::remove_file(path) {
+                    } else if let Err(error) = tokio::fs::remove_file(path).await {
                         error!("Error when removing uncompressed backup file: {}", error);
                     } else {
                         info!("Backup done: {}", path_compressed.display());