diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 14871fa5d8ae6078ba471344a85a5c9fd627162a..74337089d66e9a49dbdd7f6ec6aca2c0d7fd84bd 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
    shift
 fi
 source $DIR/inc.sh
+exec &> >(tee -a "$log_file")
 
 exit_on_fail(){
         [ $1 -ne 0 ] && leave $@
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ backup(){
     echo "Creating encrypted incremental backup: $bckplist "
     run_duplicity --full-if-older-than $BK_FULL_FREQ \
         --include ${bckplist// / --include } \
-        --exclude /root/.cache/duplicity/
-        --exclude '**'
+        --exclude /root/.cache/duplicity/ \
+        /
     ret=$?
     if [ -z "$retries" ]
     then
diff --git a/inc.sh b/inc.sh
index 4515dfda7994dcde5446b60817a86999771c7c16..2ad0412dd65a8bd4e415b6c3ddc0aa1981ecbddb 100755
--- a/inc.sh
+++ b/inc.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
+    echo "this script must be run as root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
 if [ -z "$conf_file" ]; then
     conf_file="$DIR/.env"
@@ -10,10 +15,12 @@ if [ -z "$log_file" ]; then
     log_file=/var/log/bckp.log
 fi
 
-exec &> >(tee -a "$logfile")
 
 if [ -z "$verbosity" ]; then
     verbosity="notice"
+fi
+
+remote="ftp://$user@$host/$remotedir/"
 
 # Exit the script and sendmail
 # $1 : exit code
@@ -44,16 +51,16 @@ EOF
 run_duplicity(){
     export PASSPHRASE="$encpass"
     export FTP_PASSWORD="$ftppass"
-    #set -x
-    /usr/bin/duplicity --archive-dir /root/.cache/duplicity/$archive_dir --verbosity $verbosity \
+    set -x
+    /usr/bin/duplicity --verbosity $verbosity \
         $@ \
         $remote
-    #set +x
+    set +x
     unset PASSPHRASE
     unset FTP_PASSWORD
 }
 
-cleanup() {
+cleanup(){
     echo "Cleaning"
     run_duplicity cleanup --force
 }
@@ -65,13 +72,7 @@ delete_old_backups(){
     collection_state
 }
 
-collection_state() {
-        echo "Backups state"
-        run_duplicity collection-status
+collection_state(){
+    echo "Backups state"
+    run_duplicity collection-status
 }
-
-if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
-then
-        echo "this script must be run as root"
-        exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/restore_file.sh b/restore_file.sh
index 5fdf8aee8a04b2562d939450dfd4935f7bdae887..b38f893c1d5ef087107692e3feefe198fb01a807 100755
--- a/restore_file.sh
+++ b/restore_file.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ source $DIR/inc.sh
 export PASSPHRASE="$encpass"
 export FTP_PASSWORD="$ftppass"
 
-/usr/bin/duplicity  --archive-dir $archive_dir  --verbosity $verbosity --file-to-restore $delay "$restore_path" ftp://$user@$host/$remotedir/ "$destination_path"
+/usr/bin/duplicity   --verbosity $verbosity --file-to-restore $delay "$restore_path" $remote "$destination_path"
 
 unset PASSPHRASE
 unset FTP_PASSWORD