diff --git a/borg_backup.sh b/borg_backup.sh
index 96386c1..48f3cd9 100755
--- a/borg_backup.sh
+++ b/borg_backup.sh
@@ -65,27 +65,12 @@ borg create                     	       \
   --show-rc                     	       \
   --compression lz4             	       \
   --exclude-caches              	       \
-  --exclude '/home/*/.*/*'  	 	         \
-  --exclude '/home/*/.*'  	 	           \
-  --exclude '/home/*/builds/*'    	     \
-  --exclude '/home/*/github_dotfiles/*'  \
-  --exclude '/home/*/github_misc/*'  	   \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Downloads/*' 	     \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Desktop/*' 	       \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Keepass/*' 	       \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Lessons/*' 	       \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Music/*'	 	         \
-  --exclude '/home/*/PersonnalScripts/*' \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Podcasts/*'         \
-  --exclude '/home/*/RootMe/*'	 	       \
-  --exclude '/home/*/SetupCockpit/*'	   \
-  --exclude '/home/*/SRC/*'	 	           \
-  --exclude '/home/*/VirtualBox VMs/*'	 \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Videos/*'	 	       \
-  --exclude '/home/*/Documents/MBSR/*' 	 \
   --exclude '/var/cache/*'      	       \
   --exclude '/var/log/*'      	 	       \
   --exclude '/var/tmp/*'        	       \
+  --exclude '/home/*/.*/*'  	 	         \
+  --exclude '/home/*/.*'  	 	           \
+  "$BORG_EXCLUDES"
                                 	       \
   ::'{hostname}-{now}'          	       \
   /etc                          	       \
diff --git a/secrets.template b/secrets.template
index 6980195..c77ed27 100644
--- a/secrets.template
+++ b/secrets.template
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
 SETUP_COCKPIT_EMAIL=''
 SSH_REPO='user@ho.st'
 BORG_PASSPHRASE=''
+BORG_EXCLUDES="
+--exclude '' \
+--exclude '' \
+--exclude '' \
+--exclude '' \
+"