diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index d66d7d203..f4b3465df 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - fhem.pl: restoreDir restructured (Forum #85801)
   - added:   88_xs1Bridge: added blacklist function
   - feature: 93_DbLog: V3.9.0, syntax of attribute excludeDevs enhanced
   - update:  39_Talk2Fhem: Timephrases added, bugfixes and some changes 
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_restore.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_restore.pm
index 25d570f83..0959fd6f9 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_restore.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_restore.pm
@@ -27,15 +27,20 @@ CommandRestore($$)
 {
   my ($cl,$param) = @_;
   my @args = split(/ +/,$param);
-  my $list = (@args > 0 && $args[0] eq "list");
-  shift @args if($list);
-  my $all = (@args > 0 && $args[0] eq "-a");
-  shift @args if($all);
-  my $filename = shift @args;
+
+  my $list;
+  $list = shift(@args) if(@args > 0 && $args[0] eq "list");
+
+  my $all;
+  $all = shift @args if(@args > 0 && $args[0] eq "-a");
+
+  my $filename;
+  $filename = shift @args if(@args > 0 && $args[0] !~ m/^-/);
+
   my $dest = $attr{global}{modpath};
   my $src = "$dest/restoreDir";
 
-  $list = 1 if(!$list && !$filename);
+  $list = 1 if(!$list && (!$filename || $filename !~ m/20\d\d-\d\d-\d\d/));
   return "Usage: restore [-a|list] filename|directory"
     if(@args);
 
@@ -55,13 +60,11 @@ CommandRestore($$)
 
   return "$filename is not available for restore" if(!-e "$src/$filename");
 
-  $filename .= "/" if($filename !~ m,/,); # needed for the regexp below
-  $filename =~ m,^([^/]*)/(.*)$,;
   $src = "$src/$filename";
-  $dest = "$dest/$2" if($2);
+  $dest = "$dest/$1" if($filename =~ m,20\d\d-\d\d-\d\d/(.*)$,);
 
-  return (-f $src ? restoreFile($src,$dest,$all) : restoreDir($src,$dest,$all)).
-        "\n\nrestore finished";
+  return (-f $src ? restoreFile($src,$dest,$all) :
+                    restoreDir( $src,$dest,$all) ).  "\n\nrestore finished";
 }
 
 sub
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_update.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_update.pm
index f222eb7d6..558c0439a 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_update.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_update.pm
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ doUpdate($$$$)
   ###########################
   # read in & digest the local control file
   my $root = $attr{global}{modpath};
-  my $restoreDir = ($arg eq "check" ? "" : restoreDir_init());
+  my $restoreDir = ($arg eq "check" ? "" : restoreDir_init("update"));
 
   my @locList;
   if(($arg eq "check" || $arg eq "all") &&
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index 2be9b9549..4b6f1f710 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sub readingsDelete($$);
 sub redirectStdinStdErr();
 sub rejectDuplicate($$$);
 sub resolveAttrRename($$);
-sub restoreDir_init();
+sub restoreDir_init(;$);
 sub restoreDir_rmTree($);
 sub restoreDir_saveFile($$);
 sub restoreDir_mkDir($$$);
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ CommandSave($$)
     return;
   }
   my $restoreDir;
-  $restoreDir = restoreDir_init() if(!configDBUsed());
+  $restoreDir = restoreDir_init("save") if(!configDBUsed());
 
   @structChangeHist = ();
   DoTrigger("global", "SAVE", 1);
@@ -5404,8 +5404,9 @@ restoreDir_rmTree($)
 }
 
 sub
-restoreDir_init()
+restoreDir_init($)
 {
+  my ($subDir) = @_;
   my $root = $attr{global}{modpath};
 
   my $nDirs = AttrVal("global","restoreDirs", 3);
@@ -5416,6 +5417,7 @@ restoreDir_init()
   return "" if($nDirs == 0);
 
   my $rdName = "restoreDir";
+  $rdName .= "/$subDir" if($subDir);
   my @t = localtime(gettimeofday());
   my $restoreDir = sprintf("$rdName/%04d-%02d-%02d",
                         $t[5]+1900, $t[4]+1, $t[3]);
@@ -5426,7 +5428,7 @@ restoreDir_init()
     Log 1, "opendir $root/$rdName: $!";
     return "";
   }
-  my @oldDirs = sort grep { $_ !~ m/^\./ && $_ ne $restoreDir } readdir(DH);
+  my @oldDirs = sort grep { $_ =~ m/^20\d\d-\d\d-\d\d/ } readdir(DH);
   closedir(DH);
   while(int(@oldDirs) > $nDirs) {
     my $dir = "$root/$rdName/". shift(@oldDirs);