diff --git a/templates/resticExcludesTemplate b/templates/resticExcludesTemplate
index 4fcf35c..409f06d 100644
--- a/templates/resticExcludesTemplate
+++ b/templates/resticExcludesTemplate
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 /home/**/.cache
 /home/**/.config/discord/Cache
-/home**/.steam
\ No newline at end of file
+/home/**/.steam
+/home/**/Games
+/home/**/.local/share/Trash
+**/backupVariables.sh
+**/backupVariablesAWS.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/resticTemplate.sh b/templates/resticTemplate.sh
index ae6ddc3..460c434 100644
--- a/templates/resticTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/resticTemplate.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ AWS_RESTIC_BACKUP = 'no' ]; then
+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
+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}"