diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_backup.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_backup.go
index 717fc990b..74fcc8deb 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_backup.go
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwhub"
 )
 
-/* Backup crowdsec configurations to directory <dirPath> :
+/*
+	Backup crowdsec configurations to directory <dirPath>:
 
 - Main config (config.yaml)
 - Profiles config (profiles.yaml)
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 - Backup of API credentials (local API and online API)
 - List of scenarios, parsers, postoverflows and collections that are up-to-date
 - Tainted/local/out-of-date scenarios, parsers, postoverflows and collections
+- Acquisition files (acquis.yaml, acquis.d/*.yaml)
 */
 func backupConfigToDirectory(dirPath string) error {
 	var err error
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_restore.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_restore.go
index 55ab7aa9b..90160db98 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/config_restore.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ type OldAPICfg struct {
 	Password  string `json:"password"`
 }
 
-/* Restore crowdsec configurations to directory <dirPath> :
+/*
+	Restore crowdsec configurations to directory <dirPath>:
 
 - Main config (config.yaml)
 - Profiles config (profiles.yaml)
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type OldAPICfg struct {
 - Backup of API credentials (local API and online API)
 - List of scenarios, parsers, postoverflows and collections that are up-to-date
 - Tainted/local/out-of-date scenarios, parsers, postoverflows and collections
+- Acquisition files (acquis.yaml, acquis.d/*.yaml)
 */
 func restoreConfigFromDirectory(dirPath string, oldBackup bool) error {
 	var err error
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ func restoreConfigFromDirectory(dirPath string, oldBackup bool) error {
 
 	/*if there is a acquisition dir, restore its content*/
 	if csConfig.Crowdsec.AcquisitionDirPath != "" {
-		if err = os.Mkdir(csConfig.Crowdsec.AcquisitionDirPath, 0o700); err != nil {
+		if err = os.MkdirAll(csConfig.Crowdsec.AcquisitionDirPath, 0o700); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error while creating %s : %s", csConfig.Crowdsec.AcquisitionDirPath, err)
 		}
 	}