diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
index 62d7d41f4..650725f53 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class Configuration:
         self._args_to_config(
             config, argname="exportdirectory", logstring="Using {} as backtest directory ..."
         )
+        config["exportdirectory"] = Path(config["exportdirectory"])
 
         if self.args.get("exportfilename"):
             self._args_to_config(
@@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ class Configuration:
 
         if not config.get("exportdirectory"):
             config["exportdirectory"] = config["user_data_dir"] / "backtest_results"
-        config["exportdirectory"] = Path(config["exportdirectory"])
 
         if self.args.get("show_sensitive"):
             logger.warning(