diff --git a/playbooks/game.yml b/playbooks/game.yml
index 67a76c1..3c09090 100755
--- a/playbooks/game.yml
+++ b/playbooks/game.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
     - role: backup
       vars:
         backup_s3backup_list_extra:
-          - /opt/minecraft/valhelsia/world
+          - /opt/minecraft/valhelsia
           - /opt/minecraft/vanilla
           - /opt/factorio
+        backup_s3backup_exclude_list_extra:
+          - /opt/minecraft/valhelsia/backups
+          - /opt/minecraft/vanilla/backups
       become: yes
       tags: [ backup ]
     - role: minecraft
diff --git a/roles/backup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/backup/defaults/main.yml
index 51bdf65..4df9988 100644
--- a/roles/backup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ backup_s3_aws_secret_access_key: REPLACEME
 # If you want it to do that, end the path with a slash!
 backup_s3backup_list: []
 backup_s3backup_list_extra: []
+# List of files/directories to --exclude
+backup_s3backup_exclude_list: []
+backup_s3backup_exclude_list_extra: []
 # Arguments to pass to tar
 # Note that passing f here is probably a bad idea
 backup_s3backup_tar_args: cz
diff --git a/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh b/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
index f8b75b2..0bcb859 100644
--- a/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
+++ b/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ for dir in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
 done
 echo "Will upload resultant backup to {{ backup_s3_bucket }}"
 nice -n 10 tar {{ backup_s3backup_tar_args }}{{ backup_s3backup_tar_args_extra }} "${DIRS[@]}" \
+{% for item in backup_s3backup_exclude_list %}
+	--exclude "{{ item }}" \
+{% endfor %}
+{% for item in backup_s3backup_exclude_list_extra %}
+	--exclude "{{ item }}" \
+{% endfor %}
 	| aws s3 cp - \
 	"s3://{{ backup_s3_bucket }}/{{ inventory_hostname_short }}/$(date "+{{ backup_dateformat }}").tar.gz"