diff --git a/ocis/pkg/backup/provider.go b/ocis/pkg/backup/provider.go
index b9af5c8158..02d4fbec81 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/backup/provider.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/backup/provider.go
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ type ListBlobstore interface {
 type DataProvider struct {
 	Events chan interface{}
 
-	fsys     fs.FS
-	discpath string
-	lbs      ListBlobstore
+	fsys      fs.FS
+	discpath  string
+	lbs       ListBlobstore
+	skipBlobs bool
 }
 
 // NodeData holds data about the nodes
@@ -52,9 +53,10 @@ func NewProvider(fsys fs.FS, discpath string, lbs ListBlobstore) *DataProvider {
 	return &DataProvider{
 		Events: make(chan interface{}),
 
-		fsys:     fsys,
-		discpath: discpath,
-		lbs:      lbs,
+		fsys:      fsys,
+		discpath:  discpath,
+		lbs:       lbs,
+		skipBlobs: lbs == nil,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -89,18 +91,20 @@ func (dp *DataProvider) ProduceData() error {
 	}()
 
 	// crawl blobstore
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		bs, err := dp.lbs.List()
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("error listing blobs", err)
-		}
+	if !dp.skipBlobs {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			bs, err := dp.lbs.List()
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("error listing blobs", err)
+			}
 
-		for _, bn := range bs {
-			dp.Events <- BlobData{BlobPath: dp.lbs.Path(bn)}
-		}
-		wg.Done()
-	}()
+			for _, bn := range bs {
+				dp.Events <- BlobData{BlobPath: dp.lbs.Path(bn)}
+			}
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
 
 	// wait for all crawlers to finish
 	go func() {
@@ -112,6 +116,10 @@ func (dp *DataProvider) ProduceData() error {
 }
 
 func (dp *DataProvider) getBlobPath(path string) (string, Inconsistency) {
+	if dp.skipBlobs {
+		return "", ""
+	}
+
 	b, err := fs.ReadFile(dp.fsys, path+".mpk")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", InconsistencyFilesMissing
diff --git a/ocis/pkg/command/backup.go b/ocis/pkg/command/backup.go
index 2c1031ab95..d985a020a3 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/command/backup.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/command/backup.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func BackupCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			ConsistencyCommand(cfg),
 		},
 		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg, false))
+			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg, true))
 		},
 		Action: func(_ *cli.Context) error {
 			fmt.Println("Read the docs")
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func ConsistencyCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:    "blobstore",
 				Aliases: []string{"b"},
-				Usage:   "the blobstore type. Can be (ocis, s3ng). Default ocis",
+				Usage:   "the blobstore type. Can be (none, ocis, s3ng). Default ocis",
 				Value:   "ocis",
 			},
 		},
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func ConsistencyCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				)
 			case "ocis":
 				bs, err = ocisbs.New(basePath)
+			case "none":
+				bs = nil
 			default:
 				err = errors.New("blobstore type not supported")
 			}