diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 74337089d66e9a49dbdd7f6ec6aca2c0d7fd84bd..d740992620eb5a62f116470faf5bb8c0348d7f79 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -36,11 +36,20 @@ backup(){
     pre_actions
     exit_on_fail $? "Pre_action failed"
     echo "Creating encrypted incremental backup: $bckplist "
-    run_duplicity --full-if-older-than $BK_FULL_FREQ \
+    export PASSPHRASE="$encpass"
+    export FTP_PASSWORD="$ftppass"
+    set -x
+    /usr/bin/duplicity --verbosity $verbosity \
+        --full-if-older-than $BK_FULL_FREQ \
         --include ${bckplist// / --include } \
         --exclude /root/.cache/duplicity/ \
-        /
+        --exclude '**' \
+        / \
+        $remote
     ret=$?
+    set +x
+    unset PASSPHRASE
+    unset FTP_PASSWORD
     if [ -z "$retries" ]
     then
         retrie_on_fail $ret "Duplicity failed"