diff --git a/server/routes/api/torrents.test.ts b/server/routes/api/torrents.test.ts
index 444d0c5f..769d62aa 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/torrents.test.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/torrents.test.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ describe('POST /api/torrents/add-files', () => {
 
         await Promise.all(
           addedTorrents.map(async (torrent) => {
-            expect(torrent.directory.startsWith(addTorrentByFileOptions.destination)).toBe(true);
+            expect(torrent.directory.startsWith(addTorrentByFileOptions.destination as string)).toBe(true);
           }),
         );
 
diff --git a/server/routes/api/torrents.ts b/server/routes/api/torrents.ts
index e43521eb..32fc8762 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/torrents.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/torrents.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,33 @@ import {accessDeniedError, isAllowedPath, sanitizePath} from '../../util/fileUti
 import {getResponseFn, validationError} from '../../util/ajaxUtil';
 import {getTempPath} from '../../models/TemporaryStorage';
 
-const getDestination = (destination: string): string | undefined => {
+const getDestination = async (
+  services: Express.Request['services'],
+  {destination}: {destination?: string},
+): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+  let autoDestination = destination === '' ? undefined : destination;
+
+  // Use default destination of torrent client
+  if (autoDestination == null) {
+    const {directoryDefault} = (await services?.clientGatewayService?.getClientSettings().catch(() => undefined)) || {};
+    autoDestination = directoryDefault;
+  }
+
+  // Use last download destination
+  if (autoDestination == null) {
+    await services?.settingService.get('torrentDestination').then(
+      ({torrentDestination}) => {
+        if (torrentDestination != null) {
+          autoDestination = torrentDestination;
+        }
+      },
+      () => undefined,
+    );
+  }
+
   let sanitizedPath: string | null = null;
   try {
-    sanitizedPath = sanitizePath(destination);
+    sanitizedPath = sanitizePath(autoDestination);
     if (!isAllowedPath(sanitizedPath)) {
       return undefined;
     }
@@ -75,7 +98,7 @@ router.get('/', (req, res) => {
  * @return {object} 200 - success response - application/json
  * @return {Error} 500 - failure response - application/json
  */
-router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByURLOptions>('/add-urls', (req, res) => {
+router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByURLOptions>('/add-urls', async (req, res) => {
   const callback = getResponseFn(res);
 
   const parsedResult = addTorrentByURLSchema.safeParse(req.body);
@@ -87,7 +110,9 @@ router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByURLOptions>('/add-urls', (req, res) =>
 
   const {urls, cookies, destination, tags, isBasePath, isCompleted, start} = parsedResult.data;
 
-  const finalDestination = getDestination(destination);
+  const finalDestination = await getDestination(req.services, {
+    destination,
+  });
 
   if (finalDestination == null) {
     callback(null, accessDeniedError());
@@ -123,7 +148,7 @@ router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByURLOptions>('/add-urls', (req, res) =>
  * @return {object} 200 - success response - application/json
  * @return {Error} 500 - failure response - application/json
  */
-router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByFileOptions>('/add-files', (req, res) => {
+router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByFileOptions>('/add-files', async (req, res) => {
   const callback = getResponseFn(res);
 
   const parsedResult = addTorrentByFileSchema.safeParse(req.body);
@@ -135,7 +160,9 @@ router.post<unknown, unknown, AddTorrentByFileOptions>('/add-files', (req, res)
 
   const {files, destination, tags, isBasePath, isCompleted, start} = parsedResult.data;
 
-  const finalDestination = getDestination(destination);
+  const finalDestination = await getDestination(req.services, {
+    destination,
+  });
 
   if (finalDestination == null) {
     callback(null, accessDeniedError());
diff --git a/server/services/settingService.ts b/server/services/settingService.ts
index 0674111c..68022043 100644
--- a/server/services/settingService.ts
+++ b/server/services/settingService.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class SettingService extends BaseService<SettingServiceEvents> {
     return database;
   }
 
-  async get(property: string | null): Promise<Partial<FloodSettings>> {
+  async get(property: keyof FloodSettings | null): Promise<Partial<FloodSettings>> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.db
         .find(
diff --git a/server/util/fileUtil.ts b/server/util/fileUtil.ts
index 31c501ad..39603bb0 100644
--- a/server/util/fileUtil.ts
+++ b/server/util/fileUtil.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const isAllowedPath = (resolvedPath: string) => {
   });
 };
 
-export const sanitizePath = (input: string): string => {
+export const sanitizePath = (input?: string): string => {
   if (typeof input !== 'string') {
     throw accessDeniedError();
   }
diff --git a/shared/schema/api/torrents.ts b/shared/schema/api/torrents.ts
index 4c6d6a22..f1bc7b4f 100644
--- a/shared/schema/api/torrents.ts
+++ b/shared/schema/api/torrents.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const addTorrentByURLSchema = object({
   // Cookies to attach to requests, arrays of strings in the format "name=value" with domain as key
   cookies: record(array(string())).optional(),
   // Path of destination
-  destination: string(),
+  destination: string().optional(),
   // Tags
   tags: array(string()).optional(),
   // Whether destination is the base path [default: false]
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const addTorrentByFileSchema = object({
   // Torrent files in base64
   files: array(string()).nonempty(),
   // Path of destination
-  destination: string(),
+  destination: string().optional(),
   // Tags
   tags: array(string()).optional(),
   // Whether destination is the base path [default: false]