diff --git a/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restic-s3-backup.sh b/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restic-s3-backup.sh
index 18ba7adc0..65646f139 100644
--- a/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restic-s3-backup.sh
+++ b/bin/ncp/BACKUPS/nc-restic-s3-backup.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ install()
 
 configure()
 {
+  local start=$(date +%s)
+
   [[ "$S3_BUCKET_URL" == "" ]] && {
     echo "error: please specify S3 bucket URL"
     return 1
@@ -62,7 +64,10 @@ configure()
 
   echo "backing up from $DATADIR"
 
-  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$S3_KEY_ID" AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$S3_SECRET_KEY" RESTIC_PASSWORD="$RESTIC_PASSWORD" restic -r "s3:$S3_BUCKET_URL/ncp-backup" --verbose backup . || {
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$S3_KEY_ID" AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$S3_SECRET_KEY" RESTIC_PASSWORD="$RESTIC_PASSWORD" restic -r "s3:$S3_BUCKET_URL/ncp-backup" --verbose --exclude-file=/dev/stdin backup . <<EXCLUDES_LIST
+.opcache
+EXCLUDES_LIST
+  [[ $? -eq 0 ]] || {
     echo "error: restic backup failed"
     echo "notice: use nc-maintenance to disable maintenance mode anyway if desired"
     return 9
@@ -110,7 +115,9 @@ configure()
     return 13
   }
 
-  echo "backup complete"
+  local end=$(date +%s)
+
+  echo "backup complete after $((($end-$start)/60)) minute(s)"
 }
 
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