diff --git a/backup-exclude b/backup-exclude
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..797679a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup-exclude
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/proc
+/run
+/sys
+/var/run
+/var/tmp
+*swap*
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b512539..6afd866
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-REPO=""
-PASSPHRASE=""
+REPO="ssh://bryan@172.16.1.83~/borg-backups"
+PASSPHRASE="uD6Db2MrhxdCoKmD4gpW"
+SSH_KEY="/mnt/data/home/bryan/.ssh/id_rsa"
+EXCLUDE_FILE="./backup-exclude"
+DIR_TO_BACKUP="/"
 
 export BORG_REPO=$REPO
 export BORG_PASSPHRASE=$PASSPHRASE
+export BORG_RSH="ssh -i $SSH_KEY"
 
 info(){ printf "\n%s %s\n\n" "$( date )" "$*" >&2; }
 trap 'echo $( date ) Backup interrupted >&2; exit 2' INT TERM
 
 info "Starting backup"
 
-borg create		\
-    --verbose		\
-    --filter AME	\
-    --list		\
-    --stats		\
-    --show-rc		\
-    --compression lz4	\
-    --exclude-caches	\
-			\
-    ####---put exclude directories here
-    ::'{hostname}-{now}'\
-    #####---put directories to be backed up here
+sudo borg create			\
+    --verbose				\
+    --filter AME			\
+    --list				\
+    --stats				\
+    --show-rc				\
+    --compression lz4			\
+    --exclude-caches			\
+    --exclude-from "${EXCLUDE_FILE}"	\
+
+    ::'{hostname}-{now}'		\
+    "${DIR_TO_BACKUP}"
 
 backup_exit=$?