diff --git a/exclude.txt b/exclude.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..967bcff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exclude.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+ha/home-assistant_v2.db
+jellyfin/cache/transcodes
+.@__thumb/*
+gitlab/logs/prometheus/*
+ha/home-assistant.log
+gitlab/logs/*
+esphome/config/.esphome
+.cache
+.git
+var_lib_motioneye/*
+*/.esphome/build/*
+nextcloud\mariadb\*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/omv_backup.py b/omv_backup.py
index 7e16b52..68cbef7 100755
--- a/omv_backup.py
+++ b/omv_backup.py
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ if _BACKUP:
                     #cmd = f"rsync -avz --delete {BACKUP_DIR} --link-dest {FULL_BACKUP_LATEST}/ --exclude=\"jellyfin/cache/transcodes\" --exclude=\"gitlab/logs/prometheus\" --exclude=\"home-assistant.log\" --exclude=\"gitlab/logs/*\" --exclude=\"esphome/config/.esphome\" --exclude=\".cache\" --exclude=\".git\" --exclude=\"var_lib_motioneye\" {NEW_BACKUP_DIR}"
                     #cmd = [ 'rsync', '-avz','--info=progress2', BACKUP_DIR , NEW_BACKUP_DIR]
                     
-                    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="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=""', NEW_BACKUP_DIR]
                     logging.info(" ".join(cmd))
                     process = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE)