diff --git a/src/cli/utils/testdata/opts.go b/src/cli/utils/testdata/opts.go
index ce1c39ee5..74de0f426 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils/testdata/opts.go
+++ b/src/cli/utils/testdata/opts.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func (MockBackupGetter) Backup(
 	return nil, errors.New("unexpected call to mock")
 }
 
-func (MockBackupGetter) Backups(context.Context, ...store.FilterOption) ([]backup.Backup, error) {
+func (MockBackupGetter) Backups(context.Context, ...store.FilterOption) ([]*backup.Backup, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("unexpected call to mock")
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/backup/backup.go b/src/pkg/backup/backup.go
index 9f841cc29..42f3cb68b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/backup/backup.go
+++ b/src/pkg/backup/backup.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (b Backup) Print(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 // PrintAll writes the slice of Backups to StdOut, in the format requested by the caller.
-func PrintAll(ctx context.Context, bs []Backup) {
+func PrintAll(ctx context.Context, bs []*Backup) {
 	if len(bs) == 0 {
 		print.Info(ctx, "No backups available")
 		return
diff --git a/src/pkg/repository/repository.go b/src/pkg/repository/repository.go
index 3e91ea964..8541bdc60 100644
--- a/src/pkg/repository/repository.go
+++ b/src/pkg/repository/repository.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var ErrorRepoAlreadyExists = errors.New("a repository was already initialized wi
 // repository.
 type BackupGetter interface {
 	Backup(ctx context.Context, id model.StableID) (*backup.Backup, error)
-	Backups(ctx context.Context, fs ...store.FilterOption) ([]backup.Backup, error)
+	Backups(ctx context.Context, fs ...store.FilterOption) ([]*backup.Backup, error)
 	BackupDetails(
 		ctx context.Context,
 		backupID string,
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (r repository) Backup(ctx context.Context, id model.StableID) (*backup.Back
 }
 
 // backups lists backups in a repository
-func (r repository) Backups(ctx context.Context, fs ...store.FilterOption) ([]backup.Backup, error) {
+func (r repository) Backups(ctx context.Context, fs ...store.FilterOption) ([]*backup.Backup, error) {
 	sw := store.NewKopiaStore(r.modelStore)
 	return sw.GetBackups(ctx, fs...)
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go b/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go
index 2077a5af6..8735597a3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func runBackupListLoadTest(
 	t.Run("backup_list_"+name, func(t *testing.T) {
 		var (
 			err    error
-			bs     []backup.Backup
+			bs     []*backup.Backup
 			labels = pprof.Labels("list_load_test", name)
 		)
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/store/backup.go b/src/pkg/store/backup.go
index 6fcf07fdc..e10baee9b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/store/backup.go
+++ b/src/pkg/store/backup.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (w Wrapper) GetBackup(ctx context.Context, backupID model.StableID) (*backu
 func (w Wrapper) GetBackups(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	filters ...FilterOption,
-) ([]backup.Backup, error) {
+) ([]*backup.Backup, error) {
 	q := &queryFilters{}
 	q.populate(filters...)
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ func (w Wrapper) GetBackups(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	bs := make([]backup.Backup, len(bms))
+	bs := make([]*backup.Backup, len(bms))
 
 	for i, bm := range bms {
-		b := backup.Backup{}
+		b := &backup.Backup{}
 
-		err := w.GetWithModelStoreID(ctx, model.BackupSchema, bm.ModelStoreID, &b)
+		err := w.GetWithModelStoreID(ctx, model.BackupSchema, bm.ModelStoreID, b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}