diff --git a/router/router_server_transfer.go b/router/router_server_transfer.go
index 656b84fe..852ee4e7 100644
--- a/router/router_server_transfer.go
+++ b/router/router_server_transfer.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ import (
 
 // Data passed over to initiate a server transfer.
 type serverTransferRequest struct {
-	URL    string                  `binding:"required" json:"url"`
-	Token  string                  `binding:"required" json:"token"`
-	Server installer.ServerDetails `json:"server"`
+	URL     string                  `binding:"required" json:"url"`
+	Token   string                  `binding:"required" json:"token"`
+	Backups []string                `json:"backups"`
+	Server  installer.ServerDetails `json:"server"`
 }
 
 // postServerTransfer handles the start of a transfer for a server.
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func postServerTransfer(c *gin.Context) {
 	go func() {
 		defer transfer.Outgoing().Remove(trnsfr)
 
-		if _, err := trnsfr.PushArchiveToTarget(data.URL, data.Token); err != nil {
+		if _, err := trnsfr.PushArchiveToTarget(data.URL, data.Token, data.Backups); err != nil {
 			notifyPanelOfFailure()
 
 			if err == context.Canceled {
diff --git a/server/transfer/archive.go b/server/transfer/archive.go
index 684c11cc..8f6cfc59 100644
--- a/server/transfer/archive.go
+++ b/server/transfer/archive.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func (t *Transfer) Archive() (*Archive, error) {
 }
 
 func (a *Archive) StreamBackups(ctx context.Context, mp *multipart.Writer) error {
+	// In theory this can't happen as this function is only called if there is at least 1 backup but just to be sure
 	if len(a.transfer.BackupUUIDs) == 0 {
         a.transfer.Log().Debug("no backups specified for transfer")
         return nil
diff --git a/server/transfer/source.go b/server/transfer/source.go
index 9123023b..9e6fef05 100644
--- a/server/transfer/source.go
+++ b/server/transfer/source.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 // PushArchiveToTarget POSTs the archive to the target node and returns the
 // response body.
-func (t *Transfer) PushArchiveToTarget(url, token string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (t *Transfer) PushArchiveToTarget(url, token string, backups []string) ([]byte, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ func (t *Transfer) PushArchiveToTarget(url, token string) ([]byte, error) {
 			errChan <- errors.New("failed to stream main archive checksum")
 			return
 		}
-
+		// Store the UUID of the backups we want to transfer in the transfer struct
+		t.BackupUUIDs = backups
 		if len(t.BackupUUIDs) > 0 {
 			t.SendMessage(fmt.Sprintf("Streaming %d backup files to destination...", len(t.BackupUUIDs)))
 			if err := a.StreamBackups(ctx, mp); err != nil {