diff --git a/omv_backup.py b/omv_backup.py
index 7f15e5f..9ab7ce9 100755
--- a/omv_backup.py
+++ b/omv_backup.py
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ if _BACKUP:
                     
                     #cmd = ['rsync', '-avz', '--delete', BACKUP_DIR,  '--link-dest', FULL_BACKUP_LATEST, '--exclude="home-assistant_v2.db"', '--exclude="jellyfin/cache/transcodes"', '--exclude=".@__thumb/"', '--exclude="gitlab/logs/prometheus"', '--exclude="home-assistant.log"', '--exclude="gitlab/logs/*"', '--exclude="esphome/config/.esphome"', '--exclude=".cache"', '--exclude=".git"', '--exclude="var_lib_motioneye"', '--exclude="/.esphome/build"', '--exclude="nextcloud\mariadb\*"', NEW_BACKUP_DIR]
                     
-                    cmd = ['rsync', '-avz', '--delete', BACKUP_DIR,  '--link-dest', FULL_BACKUP_LATEST, '--exclude-from="/myapps/exclude.txt"', NEW_BACKUP_DIR]
+                    cmd = ['rsync', '-avz', '--delete', BACKUP_DIR,  '--link-dest', FULL_BACKUP_LATEST, '--exclude-from=/myapps/exclude.txt', NEW_BACKUP_DIR]
                     logging.info(" ".join(cmd))
                     process = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE)