diff --git a/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh b/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
index 028a144..d145d28 100644
--- a/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
+++ b/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ echo "Will ignore the following items:"
 echo "- {{ item }}"
 {% endfor %}
 echo "Will upload resultant backup to {{ backup_s3_bucket }}"
-nice -n 10 tar {{ backup_s3backup_tar_args }}{{ backup_s3backup_tar_args_extra }} "${DIRS[@]}" \
+nice -n 10 tar {{ backup_s3backup_tar_args }}{{ backup_s3backup_tar_args_extra }} \
 {% for item in backup_s3backup_exclude_list + backup_s3backup_exclude_list_extra %}
 	--exclude "{{ item }}" \
 {% endfor %}
+	"${DIRS[@]" \
 	| aws s3 cp - \
 	"s3://{{ backup_s3_bucket }}/{{ inventory_hostname_short }}/$(date "+{{ backup_dateformat }}").tar.gz"