diff --git a/app/drizzle/meta/_journal.json b/app/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
index 36145bb..b3edcb3 100644
--- a/app/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/app/drizzle/meta/_journal.json
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@
       "when": 1764839917446,
       "tag": "0019_secret_nomad",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 20,
+      "version": "6",
+      "when": 1764847918249,
+      "tag": "0020_even_dexter_bennett",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/server/utils/restic.ts b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
index c1559dc..ab6743f 100644
--- a/app/server/utils/restic.ts
+++ b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ const backup = async (
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (options?.excludeIfPresent && options.excludeIfPresent.length > 0) {
+		for (const filename of options.excludeIfPresent) {
+			args.push("--exclude-if-present", filename);
+		}
+	}
+
 	addCommonArgs(args, env);
 
 	const logData = throttle((data: string) => {