diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
index 7a7aa45b6..b4acc4c5a 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use Response;
 use App\Http\Requests\SlackSettingsRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
-use Validator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to Settings for
@@ -1248,13 +1248,11 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
             if (!$request->hasFile('file')) {
                 return redirect()->route('settings.backups.index')->with('error', 'No file uploaded');
             } else {
+
                 $max_file_size = Helper::file_upload_max_size();
-
-                $rules = [
+                $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
                     'file' => 'required|mimes:zip|max:'.$max_file_size,
-                ];
-
-                $validator = \Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);
+                ]);
 
                 if ($validator->passes()) {
 
@@ -1265,7 +1263,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
                         return redirect()->route('settings.backups.index')->with('success', 'File uploaded');
                 }
 
-                return redirect()->route('settings.backups.index')->withErrors($request->getErrors());
+                return redirect()->route('settings.backups.index')->withErrors($validator);
 
             }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/settings/backups.blade.php b/resources/views/settings/backups.blade.php
index ea074d45a..67c197654 100644
--- a/resources/views/settings/backups.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/settings/backups.blade.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
         @csrf
 
         
-      <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has((isset($fieldname) ? $fieldname : 'image')) ? 'has-error' : '' }}" style="margin-bottom: 0px;">
+      <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has((isset($fieldname) ? $fieldname : 'file')) ? 'has-error' : '' }}" style="margin-bottom: 0px;">
         <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-8">
           
           
@@ -145,26 +145,18 @@
             <label class="btn btn-default col-md-12 col-xs-12" aria-hidden="true">
               <i class="fas fa-paperclip" aria-hidden="true"></i>
                 {{ trans('button.select_file')  }}
-
                 <input type="file" name="file" class="js-uploadFile" id="uploadFile" data-maxsize="{{ Helper::file_upload_max_size() }}" accept="application/zip" style="display:none;" aria-label="file" aria-hidden="true">
-                
-                
-            </label>   
-
+            </label>
         </div>
         <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-4">
             <button class="btn btn-primary col-md-12 col-xs-12" id="uploadButton" disabled>{{ trans('button.upload') }} <span id="uploadIcon"></span></button>
         </div>
-
-
         <div class="col-md-12">
           
           <p class="label label-default col-md-12" style="font-size: 120%!important; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" id="uploadFile-info"></p>
-          
           <p class="help-block" style="margin-top: 10px;" id="uploadFile-status">{{ trans_choice('general.filetypes_accepted_help', 1, ['size' => Helper::file_upload_max_size_readable(), 'types' => '.zip']) }}</p>     
-          {!! $errors->first('image', '<span class="alert-msg" aria-hidden="true">:message</span>') !!}
-         
-
+          {!! $errors->first('file', '<span class="alert-msg" aria-hidden="true">:message</span>') !!}
+            
         </div>  
             
     </div>