diff --git a/angular/src/components/folder-add-edit.component.ts b/angular/src/components/folder-add-edit.component.ts
index 99a6ee44..fac07d84 100644
--- a/angular/src/components/folder-add-edit.component.ts
+++ b/angular/src/components/folder-add-edit.component.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class FolderAddEditComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     try {
-      const folder = await this.folderService.encrypt(this.folder);
+      const folder = await this.folder.encrypt(this.cryptoService);
       this.formPromise = this.folderService.saveWithServer(folder);
       await this.formPromise;
       this.platformUtilsService.showToast(
diff --git a/common/src/abstractions/folder.service.ts b/common/src/abstractions/folder.service.ts
index 738305ad..4e7c95bb 100644
--- a/common/src/abstractions/folder.service.ts
+++ b/common/src/abstractions/folder.service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { FolderView } from "../models/view/folderView";
 
 export abstract class FolderService {
   clearCache: (userId?: string) => Promise<void>;
-  encrypt: (model: FolderView, key?: SymmetricCryptoKey) => Promise<Folder>;
   get: (id: string) => Promise<Folder>;
   getAll: () => Promise<Folder[]>;
   getAllDecrypted: () => Promise<FolderView[]>;
diff --git a/common/src/models/view/folderView.ts b/common/src/models/view/folderView.ts
index a55819e1..6df56e44 100644
--- a/common/src/models/view/folderView.ts
+++ b/common/src/models/view/folderView.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { CryptoService } from "jslib-common/abstractions/crypto.service";
 
 import { Folder } from "../domain/folder";
-import { SymmetricCryptoKey } from "../domain/symmetricCryptoKey";
 import { ITreeNodeObject } from "../domain/treeNode";
 
 export class FolderView implements ITreeNodeObject {
@@ -9,6 +8,14 @@ export class FolderView implements ITreeNodeObject {
   name: string = null;
   revisionDate: Date = null;
 
+  async encrypt(cryptoService: CryptoService): Promise<Folder> {
+    return {
+      id: this.id,
+      name: await cryptoService.encrypt(this.name),
+      revisionDate: null,
+    };
+  }
+
   static async fromFolder(cryptoService: CryptoService, folder: Folder): Promise<FolderView> {
     const view = new FolderView();
     view.id = folder.id;
diff --git a/common/src/services/folder.service.ts b/common/src/services/folder.service.ts
index 90ee124d..952dd4c9 100644
--- a/common/src/services/folder.service.ts
+++ b/common/src/services/folder.service.ts
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ export class FolderService implements FolderServiceAbstraction {
     await this.stateService.setDecryptedFolders(null, { userId: userId });
   }
 
-  async encrypt(model: FolderView, key?: SymmetricCryptoKey): Promise<Folder> {
-    return {
-      id: model.id,
-      name: await this.cryptoService.encrypt(model.name, key),
-      revisionDate: null,
-    };
-  }
-
   async decrypt(model: Folder, key?: SymmetricCryptoKey): Promise<FolderView> {
     const view = new FolderView();
     view.id = model.id;
diff --git a/common/src/services/import.service.ts b/common/src/services/import.service.ts
index 618fbda9..eeb559ce 100644
--- a/common/src/services/import.service.ts
+++ b/common/src/services/import.service.ts
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class ImportService implements ImportServiceAbstraction {
       }
       if (importResult.folders != null) {
         for (let i = 0; i < importResult.folders.length; i++) {
-          const f = await this.folderService.encrypt(importResult.folders[i]);
+          const f = await importResult.folders[i].encrypt(this.cryptoService);
           request.folders.push(new FolderRequest(f));
         }
       }