diff --git a/app/Livewire/Storage/Form.php b/app/Livewire/Storage/Form.php
index 330aabaa4..807bef0d4 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Storage/Form.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Storage/Form.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Form extends Component
             'secret' => 'required|max:255',
             'bucket' => 'required|max:255',
             'endpoint' => 'required|url|max:255',
-            'path' => 'nullable|max:255|regex:/^[a-zA-Z0-9\/\-_\.]*$/',
+            'path' => ['nullable', 'max:255', 'regex:/^[a-zA-Z0-9\/\-_\.]*$/', 'not_regex:/\.\./'],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class Form extends Component
                 'endpoint.max' => 'The Endpoint may not be greater than 255 characters.',
                 'path.max' => 'The Path Prefix may not be greater than 255 characters.',
                 'path.regex' => 'The Path Prefix may only contain letters, numbers, slashes (/), dashes (-), underscores (_), and dots (.).',
+                'path.not_regex' => 'The Path Prefix may not contain directory traversal sequences (..).',
             ]
         );
     }
diff --git a/bootstrap/helpers/databases.php b/bootstrap/helpers/databases.php
index 77b5c5f5b..1d22c364b 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helpers/databases.php
+++ b/bootstrap/helpers/databases.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function deleteBackupsS3(string|array|null $filenames, S3Storage $s3): void
     if (filled($s3->path)) {
         $pathPrefix = ltrim($s3->path, '/');
         $filenames = array_map(function ($filename) use ($pathPrefix) {
-            // The filename is the local path (e.g., /var/lib/coolify/backups/databases/...)
+            // The filename is the backup path (e.g., /data/coolify/backups/databases/...)
             // We need to prepend the path prefix to match the S3 key structure
             $cleanFilename = ltrim($filename, '/');
 
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/storage/form.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/storage/form.blade.php
index 6278adf93..146c272e3 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/storage/form.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/storage/form.blade.php
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
         </div>
         <div class="flex gap-2">
             <x-forms.input canGate="update" :canResource="$storage" label="Path Prefix" id="path"
-                placeholder="e.g., backups/coolify-instance-1"
-                helper="Optional path prefix for all backups. Useful for storing multiple Coolify instances in one bucket." />
+                placeholder="e.g., production or instance-1"
+                helper="Optional prefix added before the standard backup path (/data/coolify/backups/...). Useful for separating multiple Coolify instances in a single bucket." />
         </div>
         <div class="flex gap-2">
             <x-forms.input canGate="update" :canResource="$storage" required type="password" label="Access Key"
diff --git a/tests/Unit/S3StorageTest.php b/tests/Unit/S3StorageTest.php
index cd80080a3..614576819 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/S3StorageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/S3StorageTest.php
@@ -91,3 +91,23 @@ test('S3Storage path attribute handles various path formats', function () {
     $s3Storage->path = 'my-instance_2024.backups';
     expect($s3Storage->path)->toBe('/my-instance_2024.backups');
 });
+
+test('S3Storage path attribute handles edge cases', function () {
+    $s3Storage = new S3Storage;
+
+    // Multiple consecutive slashes are preserved (validation should catch this)
+    $s3Storage->path = 'path//to///backup';
+    expect($s3Storage->path)->toBe('/path//to///backup');
+
+    // Path ending with slash
+    $s3Storage->path = 'backups/coolify/';
+    expect($s3Storage->path)->toBe('/backups/coolify/');
+
+    // Only whitespace should return null
+    $s3Storage->path = '   ';
+    expect($s3Storage->path)->toBeNull();
+
+    // Path with dots (valid single dots)
+    $s3Storage->path = 'path.with.dots';
+    expect($s3Storage->path)->toBe('/path.with.dots');
+});