diff --git a/core/components/databackup/model/mysql/dbbackup.class.php b/core/components/databackup/model/mysql/dbbackup.class.php
index 4ea6a07..9aaa02c 100644
--- a/core/components/databackup/model/mysql/dbbackup.class.php
+++ b/core/components/databackup/model/mysql/dbbackup.class.php
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ protected function _generate(){
 	        $dir = $this->config['base_path'].''.$this->dbName.'_'.date('Y_m_d').'__'.time().'/';
             $this->filePathData['folder'] = $dir;
     	    if( !is_dir($dir) ){
-                mkdir($dir);
+                $this->modx->cacheManager->writeTree($dir);
             }
         }
         // start the large SQL dump file: