diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/hooks/hooks.php b/apps/files_encryption/hooks/hooks.php
index b1e7e8c52a..ccea51f91f 100644
--- a/apps/files_encryption/hooks/hooks.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/hooks/hooks.php
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ class Hooks {
 						|| !$util->userKeysExists()
 						|| !$view->file_exists($user . '/files')) {
 
+					// backup old keys
+					$util->backupAllKeys('recovery');
+
 					$newUserPassword = $params['password'];
 
 					// make sure that the users home is mounted
diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php b/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php
index 31d11338ef..b406404a68 100644
--- a/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Proxy extends \OC_FileProxy {
 		$view = new \OC\Files\View();
 
 		// files outside of the files-folder are excluded
-		if(strpos($path, '/' . $uid . '/files') !== 0) {
+		if(strpos($path, '/' . $uid . '/files/') !== 0) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/lib/util.php b/apps/files_encryption/lib/util.php
index 087dada7f1..33c2f88b0f 100644
--- a/apps/files_encryption/lib/util.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/lib/util.php
@@ -1477,6 +1477,22 @@ class Util {
 		$this->recoverAllFiles('/', $privateKey);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * create a backup of all keys from the user
+	 *
+	 * @param string $purpose (optional) define the purpose of the backup, will be part of the backup folder
+	 */
+	public function backupAllKeys($purpose = '') {
+		$this->userId;
+		$backupDir = $this->encryptionDir . '/backup.';
+		$backupDir .= ($purpose === '') ? date("Y-m-d_H-i-s") . '/' : $purpose . '.' . date("Y-m-d_H-i-s") . '/';
+		$this->view->mkdir($backupDir);
+		$this->view->copy($this->shareKeysPath, $backupDir . 'share-keys/');
+		$this->view->copy($this->keyfilesPath, $backupDir . 'keyfiles/');
+		$this->view->copy($this->privateKeyPath, $backupDir . $this->userId . '.private.key');
+		$this->view->copy($this->publicKeyPath, $backupDir . $this->userId . '.public.key');
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * check if the file is stored on a system wide mount point
 	 * @param string $path relative to /data/user with leading '/'
diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/tests/util.php b/apps/files_encryption/tests/util.php
index f337eb4635..f2db21be4c 100755
--- a/apps/files_encryption/tests/util.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/tests/util.php
@@ -398,6 +398,48 @@ class Test_Encryption_Util extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * test if all keys get moved to the backup folder correctly
+	 */
+	function testBackupAllKeys() {
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_ENCRYPTION_UTIL_USER1);
+
+		// create some dummy key files
+		$encPath = '/' . self::TEST_ENCRYPTION_UTIL_USER1 . '/files_encryption';
+		$this->view->file_put_contents($encPath . '/keyfiles/foo.key', 'key');
+		$this->view->file_put_contents($encPath . '/share-keys/foo.user1.shareKey', 'share key');
+
+		$util = new \OCA\Encryption\Util($this->view, self::TEST_ENCRYPTION_UTIL_USER1);
+
+		$util->backupAllKeys('testing');
+
+		$encFolderContent = $this->view->getDirectoryContent($encPath);
+
+		$backupPath = '';
+		foreach ($encFolderContent as $c) {
+			$name = $c['name'];
+			if (substr($name, 0, strlen('backup'))  === 'backup') {
+				$backupPath = $encPath . '/'. $c['name'];
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->assertTrue($backupPath !== '');
+
+		// check backupDir Content
+		$this->assertTrue($this->view->is_dir($backupPath . '/keyfiles'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->view->is_dir($backupPath . '/share-keys'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->view->file_exists($backupPath . '/keyfiles/foo.key'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->view->file_exists($backupPath . '/share-keys/foo.user1.shareKey'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->view->file_exists($backupPath . '/' . self::TEST_ENCRYPTION_UTIL_USER1 . '.private.key'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->view->file_exists($backupPath . '/' . self::TEST_ENCRYPTION_UTIL_USER1 . '.public.key'));
+
+		//cleanup
+		$this->view->deleteAll($backupPath);
+		$this->view->unlink($encPath . '/keyfiles/foo.key', 'key');
+		$this->view->unlink($encPath . '/share-keys/foo.user1.shareKey', 'share key');
+	}
+
 
 	function testDescryptAllWithBrokenFiles() {