diff --git a/backup b/backup
index e8e3916..52ad591 100755
--- a/backup
+++ b/backup
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@
 # https://gist.github.com/bradfa/a710a4e4b83b07b7a8be77cae86ff56b
 # https://gist.github.com/jasontbradshaw/6a69d7c9ae0c73f54200
 
-# We name the repository directory after the system's hostname and the current
-# year/month. We include the year/month combo so our backup repository doesn't
-# continue to grow forever, and we can manually delete old ones as necessary.
-# name="$(hostname)"
 name="$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%d')"
-# repository_dir="$(dirname "${1:-}/gets-removed")"
-# repository="${repository_dir}/${name}/$(date -u +'%Y-%m')"
 repository=/mnt/drive/bup/
 
 # Set the `bup` directory here so it affects all the `bup` commands.
@@ -23,41 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 # Do the backup as non-intrusively as possible.
 echo "Indexing ${name}..."
-nice -n19 ionice -c3 \
-  bup index -vv \
-  --exclude='/var/tmp' \
-  --exclude='/var/log/journal' \
-  --exclude='/var/lib/systemd/coredump' \
-  --exclude='/var/lib/woodpecker-agent' \
-  --exclude='/var/lib/gitea/indexers' \
-  --exclude='/var/lib/peertube/storage/thumbnails' \
-  --exclude='/var/lib/synapse/media_store/remote_content' \
-  --exclude='/var/lib/synapse/media_store/remote_thumbnail' \
-  --exclude-rx='.go' \
-  --exclude-rx='.3ds' \
-  --exclude-rx='.xci' \
-  --exclude-rx='.nsp' \
-  --exclude-rx='.wbfs' \
-  --exclude-rx='.wine' \
-  --exclude-rx='.yarn' \
-  --exclude-rx='.qcow2' \
-  --exclude-rx='.julia' \
-  --exclude-rx='.cargo' \
-  --exclude-rx='.nix-profile' \
-  --exclude-rx='venv' \
-  --exclude-rx='cache' \
-  --exclude-rx='Cache' \
-  --exclude-rx='vendor' \
-  --exclude-rx='node_modules' \
-  --exclude-rx='.local/share/yuzu' \
-  --exclude-rx='.local/share/Trash' \
-  --exclude-rx='.local/share/containers' \
-  --exclude-rx='.local/share/torbrowser' \
-  '/etc' '/var' '/srv' '/home/ta180m'
+nice -n19 ionice -c3 bup index -vv --exclude-rx-from=exclude /etc /var /srv /home/ta180m
 
 echo "Backing up ${name} to '${repository}'..."
-nice -n19 ionice -c3 \
-  bup save -vv \
-  --name="${name}" \
-  --compress=9 \
-  '/'
+nice -n19 ionice -c3 bup save -vv --name="${name}" --compress=9 /
diff --git a/exclude b/exclude
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..737d890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exclude
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/var/tmp
+/var/log/journal
+/var/lib/systemd/coredump
+/var/lib/woodpecker-agent
+/var/lib/gitea/indexers
+/var/lib/peertube/storage/thumbnails
+/var/lib/synapse/media_store/remote_content
+/var/lib/synapse/media_store/remote_thumbnail
+
+.go
+.3ds
+.xci
+.nsp
+.npm
+.wbfs
+.wine
+.yarn
+.qcow2
+.julia
+.cargo
+.phoronix-test-suite
+venv
+cache
+Cache
+vendor
+node_modules
+
+.local/share/yuzu
+.local/share/Trash
+.local/share/containers
+.local/share/torbrowser