diff --git a/templates/resticTemplate.sh b/templates/resticTemplate.sh
index 3484b54..ae6ddc3 100644
--- a/templates/resticTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/resticTemplate.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-restic backup --verbose \
-  --tag "${RESTIC_TAG_01}" --tag "${RESTIC_TAG_02}" \
-  --exclude-caches \
-  --exclude-file="${RESTIC_EXCLUDES}" \
-  --exclude "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variables.sh \
-  --exclude "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variablesAWS.sh \
-  "${RESTIC_SOURCE}"
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+if [ AWS_RESTIC_BACKUP = 'no' ]; then
+  restic backup --verbose \
+    --tag "${RESTIC_TAG_01}" --tag "${RESTIC_TAG_02}" \
+    --exclude-caches \
+    --exclude-file="${RESTIC_EXCLUDES}" \
+    --exclude "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variables.sh \
+    --exclude "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variablesAWS.sh \
+    "${RESTIC_SOURCE}"
+fi
+
+if [ AWS_RESTIC_BACKUP = 'yes' ]; then
+  restic backup --verbose \
+    --tag "${RESTIC_TAG_01}" --tag "${RESTIC_TAG_02}" \
+    --exclude-caches \
+    --exclude-file="${RESTIC_EXCLUDES}" \
+    --exclude "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variables.sh \
+    --exclude "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/variablesAWS.sh \
+    -o s3.connections="${AWS_CONNECTIONS}" \
+    --limit-upload "${AWS_UPLOAD}" \
+    "${RESTIC_SOURCE}"
+fi
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diff --git a/templates/variablesAWSTemplate.sh b/templates/variablesAWSTemplate.sh
index 0c5e8c5..13af4bd 100644
--- a/templates/variablesAWSTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/variablesAWSTemplate.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY='/path/to/repo'
 export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='KEY-ID'
 export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='SECRET-KEY'
+# readonly AWS_CONNECTIONS='2'
+# readonly AWS_UPLOAD='2440'
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='PASSWORD'
 readonly RESTIC_SOURCE='/path/to/dir/to/backup'
 
diff --git a/templates/variablesTemplate.sh b/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
index 13e2f50..9c5beef 100644
--- a/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/variablesTemplate.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ readonly LOG_RETENTION='30'
 ## Only set these if backing up to a compatible repo
 # export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID='KEY-ID'
 # export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY='SECRET-KEY'
+# readonly AWS_CONNECTIONS='2'
+# readonly AWS_UPLOAD='2440'
 
 ## Set these for all restic configurations
 # export RESTIC_REPOSITORY='/path/to/repo'