diff --git a/roles/gnome_backups/files/backup.sh b/roles/gnome_backups/files/backup.sh
index 135efd4297..94381b64cd 100644
--- a/roles/gnome_backups/files/backup.sh
+++ b/roles/gnome_backups/files/backup.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ MACHINES='signal.gnome.org
           webapps3.gnome.org
           gitlab.gnome.org'
 
-BACKUP_DIR='/gnome_backups/'
+BACKUP_DIR='/gnome_backups'
 
 for MACHINE in $MACHINES; do
       rsync -avz -e 'ssh -F /usr/local/etc/gnome_ssh_config' --bwlimit=2000 $MACHINE:/etc/rsyncd/backup.exclude $BACKUP_DIR/excludes/$MACHINE.exclude
-      rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -F /usr/local/etc/gnome_ssh_config %s rdiff-backup --server' --print-statistics --exclude-device-files --exclude /selinux --exclude /sys --exclude /proc --exclude-globbing-filelist $BACKUP_DIR/excludes/$MACHINE.exclude $MACHINE::/ $BACKUP_DIR/$MACHINE/ | mail -s "Daily backup: $MACHINE" backups@gnome.org
+      rdiff-backup --remote-schema 'ssh -F /usr/local/etc/gnome_ssh_config %s rdiff-backup --server' --print-statistics --exclude-device-files --exclude-fifos --exclude-sockets --exclude /selinux --exclude /sys --exclude /proc --exclude-globbing-filelist $BACKUP_DIR/excludes/$MACHINE.exclude $MACHINE::/ $BACKUP_DIR/$MACHINE/ | mail -s "Daily backup: $MACHINE" backups@gnome.org
       rdiff-backup --remove-older-than 6M --force $BACKUP_DIR/$MACHINE/
 done