diff --git a/backup b/backup
index 52ad591..5e9abfc 100755
--- a/backup
+++ b/backup
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 # Do the backup as non-intrusively as possible.
 echo "Indexing ${name}..."
-nice -n19 ionice -c3 bup index -vv --exclude-rx-from=exclude /etc /var /srv /home/ta180m
+nice -n19 ionice -c3 bup index -vv --exclude-rx-from=$(dirname "$0")/exclude /etc /var /srv /home/ta180m
 
 echo "Backing up ${name} to '${repository}'..."
 nice -n19 ionice -c3 bup save -vv --name="${name}" --compress=9 /