diff --git a/src/Tasks/Backup/Zip.php b/src/Tasks/Backup/Zip.php
index b2fdf192..6e4a8ef6 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/Backup/Zip.php
+++ b/src/Tasks/Backup/Zip.php
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ protected static function determineNameOfFileInZip(string $pathToFile, string $p
         $zipDirectory = pathinfo($pathToZip, PATHINFO_DIRNAME) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 
         if (Str::startsWith($fileDirectory, $zipDirectory)) {
-            return str_replace($zipDirectory, '', $pathToFile);
+            return substr($pathToFile, strlen($zipDirectory));
         }
 
         if ($relativePath && $relativePath != DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR && Str::startsWith($fileDirectory, $relativePath)) {
-            return str_replace($relativePath, '', $pathToFile);
+            return substr($pathToFile, strlen($relativePath));
         }
 
         return $pathToFile;
diff --git a/tests/Commands/BackupCommandTest.php b/tests/Commands/BackupCommandTest.php
index 2fd2a9eb..314c1b8b 100644
--- a/tests/Commands/BackupCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/Commands/BackupCommandTest.php
@@ -109,6 +109,23 @@
     expect($zipFiles)->toBe($testFiles);
 });
 
+it('can backup using short relative path', function () {
+    config()->set('backup.backup.source.files.include', [$this->getStubDirectory()]);
+    config()->set('backup.backup.source.files.relative_path', '/stubs');
+
+    $this->artisan('backup:run --only-files')->assertExitCode(0);
+
+    $zipFile = '';
+    $zip = new ZipArchive();
+    $zip->open(Storage::disk('local')->path($this->expectedZipPath));
+    if ($zip->numFiles) {
+        $zipFile = $zip->statIndex(0)['name'];
+    }
+    $zip->close();
+
+    expect($zipFile)->toStartWith(ltrim($this->getStubDirectory(), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR));
+});
+
 it('excludes the temporary directory from the backup', function () {
     $tempDirectoryPath = storage_path('app/backup-temp/temp');