diff --git a/src/backup.rs b/src/backup.rs
index 887e7361..769d58ba 100644
--- a/src/backup.rs
+++ b/src/backup.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
 //!
 //! Not sure if this is better. TODO
 
+pub const INDEX_BLOB_NAME: &str = "index.json.blob";
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! PROXMOX_BACKUP_PROTOCOL_ID_V1 {
     () =>  { "proxmox-backup-protocol-v1" }
diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
index 246ec2b4..0a73b2fa 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-client.rs
@@ -918,8 +918,6 @@ async fn restore_do(param: Value) -> Result<Value, Error> {
         .custom_flags(libc::O_TMPFILE)
         .open("/tmp")?;
 
-    const INDEX_BLOB_NAME: &str = "index.json.blob";
-
     let index_data = client.download(INDEX_BLOB_NAME, Vec::with_capacity(64*1024)).await?;
     let blob = DataBlob::from_raw(index_data)?;
     blob.verify_crc()?;