diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ActivityController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ActivityController.php
index 6ff0d09eecef..612db688292f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ActivityController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ActivityController.php
@@ -182,9 +182,7 @@ class ActivityController extends BaseController
             } else {
                 $html_backup = file_get_contents(Storage::disk(config('filesystems.default'))->path($backup->filename));
             }
-        } elseif ($backup && $backup->html_backup) { //db
-            $html_backup = $backup->html_backup;
-        } elseif (! $backup || ! $backup->html_backup) { //failed
+        } else { //failed
             return response()->json(['message'=> ctrans('texts.no_backup_exists'), 'errors' => new stdClass], 404);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Models/Backup.php b/app/Models/Backup.php
index efddb0ab6b1c..169de775a910 100644
--- a/app/Models/Backup.php
+++ b/app/Models/Backup.php
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ class Backup extends BaseModel
         $filename = now()->format('Y_m_d').'_'.md5(time()).'.html';
         $file_path = $path.$filename;
 
-        // Storage::disk(config('filesystems.default'))->makeDirectory($path, 0775);
-
         Storage::disk(config('filesystems.default'))->put($file_path, $html);
 
-        // if (Storage::disk(config('filesystems.default'))->exists($file_path)) {
-            $this->html_backup = '';
             $this->filename = $file_path;
             $this->save();
-        // }
+        
     }
 
     public function deleteFile()
diff --git a/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php b/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php
index 40dad7cd16d5..69377705b7a8 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/ActivityRepository.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ActivityRepository extends BaseRepository
         $activity->save();
 
         //rate limiter
-        $this->createBackup($entity, $activity);
+       // $this->createBackup($entity, $activity);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class ActivityRepository extends BaseRepository
             $backup = new Backup();
             $entity->load('client');
             $contact = $entity->client->primary_contact()->first();
-            $backup->html_backup = '';
             $backup->amount = $entity->amount;
             $backup->activity_id = $activity->id;
             $backup->json_backup = '';
diff --git a/app/Transformers/InvoiceHistoryTransformer.php b/app/Transformers/InvoiceHistoryTransformer.php
index 30a9a07f2937..f46a654dcb5c 100644
--- a/app/Transformers/InvoiceHistoryTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Transformers/InvoiceHistoryTransformer.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class InvoiceHistoryTransformer extends EntityTransformer
                 'id' => '',
                 'activity_id' => '',
                 'json_backup' => (string) '',
-                'html_backup' => (string) '',
+                'html_backup' => (string) '', //deprecated
                 'amount' => (float) 0,
                 'created_at' => (int) 0,
                 'updated_at' => (int) 0,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class InvoiceHistoryTransformer extends EntityTransformer
             'id' => $this->encodePrimaryKey($backup->id),
             'activity_id' => $this->encodePrimaryKey($backup->activity_id),
             'json_backup' => (string) '',
-            'html_backup' => (string) '',
+            'html_backup' => (string) '', //deprecated
             'amount' => (float) $backup->amount,
             'created_at' => (int) $backup->created_at,
             'updated_at' => (int) $backup->updated_at,