diff --git a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
index 4e079ea6..0d02b19c 100644
--- a/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/api2/admin/datastore.rs
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ fn list_groups(
         let group = &info.backup_dir.group;
 
         groups.push(json!({
-            "backup-type": group.backup_type,
-            "backup-id": group.backup_id,
+            "backup-type": group.backup_type(),
+            "backup-id": group.backup_id(),
             "last-backup": info.backup_dir.backup_time.timestamp(),
             "backup-count": list.len() as u64,
             "files": info.files,
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ fn delete_snapshots (
     let backup_time = Local.timestamp(backup_time, 0);
 
     let snapshot = BackupDir {
-        group: BackupGroup {
-            backup_type: backup_type.to_owned(),
-            backup_id: backup_id.to_owned(),
-        },
+        group: BackupGroup::new(backup_type, backup_id),
         backup_time,
     };
 
@@ -124,10 +121,7 @@ fn list_snapshots (
     let backup_type = tools::required_string_param(&param, "backup-type")?;
     let backup_id = tools::required_string_param(&param, "backup-id")?;
 
-    let group = BackupGroup {
-        backup_type: backup_type.to_owned(),
-        backup_id: backup_id.to_owned(),
-    };
+    let group = BackupGroup::new(backup_type, backup_id);
 
     let datastore = DataStore::lookup_datastore(store)?;
 
@@ -153,8 +147,8 @@ fn list_snapshots (
         let group = &info.backup_dir.group;
 
         snapshots.push(json!({
-            "backup-type": group.backup_type,
-            "backup-id": group.backup_id,
+            "backup-type": group.backup_type(),
+            "backup-id": group.backup_id(),
             "backup-time": info.backup_dir.backup_time.timestamp(),
             "files": info.files,
         }));
@@ -335,8 +329,8 @@ fn get_backup_list(
 
     for info in datastore.list_backups()? {
         list.push(json!({
-            "backup-type": info.backup_dir.group.backup_type,
-            "backup-id": info.backup_dir.group.backup_id,
+            "backup-type": info.backup_dir.group.backup_type(),
+            "backup-id": info.backup_dir.group.backup_id(),
             "backup-time": info.backup_dir.backup_time.timestamp(),
             "files": info.files,
         }));
diff --git a/src/api2/admin/datastore/catar.rs b/src/api2/admin/datastore/catar.rs
index 1ab95ffd..710622f5 100644
--- a/src/api2/admin/datastore/catar.rs
+++ b/src/api2/admin/datastore/catar.rs
@@ -146,10 +146,7 @@ fn download_catar(
     let datastore = DataStore::lookup_datastore(store)?;
 
     let backup_dir = BackupDir {
-        group: BackupGroup {
-            backup_type: backup_type.to_string(),
-            backup_id: backup_id.to_string(),
-        },
+        group: BackupGroup::new(backup_type, backup_id),
         backup_time,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/backup/datastore.rs b/src/backup/datastore.rs
index c3a9f286..6a3c3ba1 100644
--- a/src/backup/datastore.rs
+++ b/src/backup/datastore.rs
@@ -31,13 +31,25 @@ pub struct DataStore {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BackupGroup {
     /// Type of backup
-    pub backup_type: String,
+    backup_type: String,
     /// Unique (for this type) ID
-    pub backup_id: String,
+    backup_id: String,
 }
 
 impl BackupGroup {
 
+    pub fn new<T: Into<String>>(backup_type: T, backup_id: T) -> Self {
+        Self { backup_type: backup_type.into(), backup_id: backup_id.into() }
+    }
+
+    pub fn backup_type(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.backup_type
+    }
+
+    pub fn backup_id(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.backup_id
+    }
+
     pub fn parse(path: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
 
         let cap = GROUP_PATH_REGEX.captures(path)
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
index fb2450c2..a2692159 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
@@ -113,10 +113,7 @@ fn list_backups(
         let backup_time = Local.timestamp(epoch, 0);
 
         let backup_dir = BackupDir {
-            group: BackupGroup {
-                backup_type: btype.to_string(),
-                backup_id: id.to_string(),
-            },
+            group: BackupGroup::new(btype, id),
             backup_time
         };
 
@@ -160,10 +157,7 @@ fn list_backup_groups(
         let last_backup = Local.timestamp(epoch, 0);
         let backup_count = item["backup-count"].as_u64().unwrap();
 
-        let group = BackupGroup {
-            backup_type: btype.to_string(),
-            backup_id: id.to_string(),
-        };
+        let group = BackupGroup::new(btype, id);
 
         let path = group.group_path().to_str().unwrap().to_owned();
 
@@ -193,8 +187,8 @@ fn list_snapshots(
     let group = BackupGroup::parse(path)?;
 
     let query = tools::json_object_to_query(json!({
-        "backup-type": &group.backup_type,
-        "backup-id": &group.backup_id,
+        "backup-type": group.backup_type(),
+        "backup-id": group.backup_id(),
     }))?;
 
     let mut client = HttpClient::new(&repo.host, &repo.user);
@@ -215,10 +209,7 @@ fn list_snapshots(
         let backup_time = Local.timestamp(epoch, 0);
 
         let snapshot = BackupDir {
-            group: BackupGroup {
-                backup_type: btype.to_string(),
-                backup_id: id.to_string(),
-            },
+            group: BackupGroup::new(btype, id),
             backup_time,
         };
 
@@ -248,8 +239,8 @@ fn forget_snapshots(
     let snapshot = BackupDir::parse(path)?;
 
     let query = tools::json_object_to_query(json!({
-        "backup-type": &snapshot.group.backup_type,
-        "backup-id": &snapshot.group.backup_id,
+        "backup-type": snapshot.group.backup_type(),
+        "backup-id": snapshot.group.backup_id(),
         "backup-time": snapshot.backup_time.timestamp(),
     }))?;