diff --git a/core/backup_create.go b/core/backup_create.go
index 47825a39..7b1037cf 100644
--- a/core/backup_create.go
+++ b/core/backup_create.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/tools/store"
 )
 
+var errIsDir = errors.New("the specified path is a directory and not a regular file")
+
 // CreateBackup creates a new backup of the current app pb_data directory.
 //
 // If name is empty, it will be autogenerated.
@@ -192,11 +194,14 @@ func createZip(be *BackupEvent, tempZipPath string) error {
 			// copy to zip before delete
 			err := copyFileToZip(zw, localPath, zipPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				be.App.Logger().Warn(
-					logPrefix+"failed to copy file in backup zip before delete",
-					slog.Any("error", err),
-					slog.String("file", e.FileKey),
-				)
+				// it is ok to ignore directories
+				if !errors.Is(err, errIsDir) {
+					be.App.Logger().Warn(
+						logPrefix+"failed to copy file in backup zip before delete",
+						slog.Any("error", err),
+						slog.String("file", e.FileKey),
+					)
+				}
 			} else {
 				// mark that it was already copied
 				excluded.Set(normalizePathExclude(zipPath), struct{}{})
@@ -301,7 +306,6 @@ func normalizePathExclude(filePath string) string {
 	return path.Clean(filePath) + "/"
 }
 
-// note: directories are ignored
 func copyFileToZip(w *zip.Writer, localPath string, zipPath string) error {
 	info, err := os.Stat(localPath)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ func copyFileToZip(w *zip.Writer, localPath string, zipPath string) error {
 	}
 
 	if info.IsDir() {
-		return nil
+		return errIsDir
 	}
 
 	h, err := zip.FileInfoHeader(info)