diff --git a/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Actions/Act.cs b/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Actions/Act.cs
index 5c300a156a..e67fdc0974 100644
--- a/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Actions/Act.cs
+++ b/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Actions/Act.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public bool SupportSimulation
         /// Gets a value indicating whether automatic screenshot capture is enabled on failure.
         /// </summary>
         private bool mAutoScreenShotOnFailure = true;
-        [IsSerializedForLocalRepository]
+        [IsSerializedForLocalRepository(DefaultValue:true)]
         public bool AutoScreenShotOnFailure
         {
             get { 
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ public bool AutoScreenShotOnFailure
                 }
             }
         }
-
         public virtual eLocateBy LocateBy
         {
             get
diff --git a/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Repository/RepositoryItemBase.cs b/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Repository/RepositoryItemBase.cs
index 3fc373063c..4773cfaf2c 100644
--- a/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Repository/RepositoryItemBase.cs
+++ b/Ginger/GingerCoreCommon/Repository/RepositoryItemBase.cs
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ public bool CreateBackup(bool isLocalBackup = false)
 
                 return true;
             }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Reporter.ToLog(eLogLevel.DEBUG, "Exception while creating backup", ex);
+                return false;
+            }
             finally
             {
                 mBackupInProgress = false;