diff --git a/shallow_backup/backup.py b/shallow_backup/backup.py
index 72079ef2..f0ed5d86 100644
--- a/shallow_backup/backup.py
+++ b/shallow_backup/backup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def backup_dotfiles(backup_dest_path, home_path=os.path.expanduser("~"), skip=Fa
 	dotfolders_mp_in = []
 	for dotfolder in [os.path.join(home_path, folder) for folder in config["dotfolders"]]:
 		if os.path.isdir(dotfolder):
-			dotfolders_mp_in.append((quote(dotfolder), backup_dest_path))
+			dest_path_nested_dir = os.path.join(backup_dest_path, dotfolder.replace(home_path + "/", ""))
+			dotfolders_mp_in.append((quote(dotfolder), quote(dest_path_nested_dir)))
 
 	dotfiles_mp_in = []
 	for dotfile in config["dotfiles"]:
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def backup_dotfiles(backup_dest_path, home_path=os.path.expanduser("~"), skip=Fa
 			dotfiles_mp_in.append((quote(full_dotfile_path), dest_path))
 
 	# Fix https://github.com/alichtman/shallow-backup/issues/230
-	for dest_path in [path_pair[1] for path_pair in dotfiles_mp_in]:
+	for dest_path in [path_pair[1] for path_pair in dotfiles_mp_in + dotfolders_mp_in]:
 		create_dir_if_doesnt_exist(os.path.split(dest_path)[0])
 
 	with mp.Pool(mp.cpu_count()):
diff --git a/shallow_backup/constants.py b/shallow_backup/constants.py
index cf57df2e..195b0042 100644
--- a/shallow_backup/constants.py
+++ b/shallow_backup/constants.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ProjInfo:
 	PROJECT_NAME = 'shallow-backup'
-	VERSION = '2.7'
+	VERSION = '2.8'
 	AUTHOR_GITHUB = 'alichtman'
 	AUTHOR_FULL_NAME = 'Aaron Lichtman'
 	DESCRIPTION = "Easily create lightweight backups of installed packages, dotfiles, and more."
diff --git a/shallow_backup/utils.py b/shallow_backup/utils.py
index d577744c..e75dc7a6 100644
--- a/shallow_backup/utils.py
+++ b/shallow_backup/utils.py
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ def copy_dir_if_valid(source_dir, backup_path):
 	invalid = {".Trash", ".npm", ".cache", ".rvm"}
 	if len(invalid.intersection(set(source_dir.split("/")))) != 0:
 		return
-	dest = os.path.join(backup_path, os.path.split(source_dir)[-1])
-	copytree(source_dir, dest, symlinks=True)
+	copytree(source_dir, backup_path, symlinks=True)
 
 
 def home_prefix(path):