diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form.tsx b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form.tsx
index 8f6de25c..2cf62e15 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form.tsx
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export const CreateScheduleForm = ({ initialValues, formId, onSubmit, volume }:
 								onSelectionChange={handleSelectionChange}
 								withCheckboxes={true}
 								foldersOnly={false}
-								className="flex-1 border rounded-md bg-card p-2 min-h-[300px] max-h-[400px] overflow-auto"
+								className="flex-1 border rounded-md bg-card p-2 min-h-75 max-h-100 overflow-auto"
 							/>
 							{selectedPaths.size > 0 && (
 								<div className="mt-4">
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export const CreateScheduleForm = ({ initialValues, formId, onSubmit, volume }:
 											<Textarea
 												{...field}
 												placeholder="/data/**&#10;/config/*.json&#10;*.db"
-												className="font-mono text-sm min-h-[100px]"
+												className="font-mono text-sm min-h-25"
 											/>
 										</FormControl>
 										<FormDescription>
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export const CreateScheduleForm = ({ initialValues, formId, onSubmit, volume }:
 											<Textarea
 												{...field}
 												placeholder="*.tmp&#10;node_modules/**&#10;.cache/&#10;*.log"
-												className="font-mono text-sm min-h-[120px]"
+												className="font-mono text-sm min-h-30"
 											/>
 										</FormControl>
 										<FormDescription>
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts b/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts
index 637001fb..e610217d 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backends/utils/backend-utils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { $ } from "bun";
 export const executeMount = async (args: string[]): Promise<void> => {
 	let stderr: string | undefined;
 
+	logger.debug(`Executing mount ${args.join(" ")}`);
 	const result = await $`mount ${args}`.nothrow();
 	stderr = result.stderr.toString();
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ export const executeMount = async (args: string[]): Promise<void> => {
 export const executeUnmount = async (path: string): Promise<void> => {
 	let stderr: string | undefined;
 
-	const result = await $`umount -l -f ${path}`.nothrow();
+	logger.debug(`Executing umount -l ${path}`);
+	const result = await $`umount -l ${path}`.nothrow();
 	stderr = result.stderr.toString();
 
 	if (stderr?.trim()) {
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.patterns.test.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.patterns.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df7b3cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.patterns.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { test, describe, mock, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, spyOn } from "bun:test";
+import { backupsService } from "../backups.service";
+import { createTestVolume } from "~/test/helpers/volume";
+import { createTestBackupSchedule } from "~/test/helpers/backup";
+import { createTestRepository } from "~/test/helpers/repository";
+import { generateBackupOutput } from "~/test/helpers/restic";
+import { getVolumePath } from "../../volumes/helpers";
+import { restic } from "~/server/utils/restic";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+const backupMock = mock(() => Promise.resolve({ exitCode: 0, result: JSON.parse(generateBackupOutput()) }));
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+	backupMock.mockClear();
+	spyOn(restic, "backup").mockImplementation(backupMock);
+	spyOn(restic, "forget").mockImplementation(mock(() => Promise.resolve({ success: true })));
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+	mock.restore();
+});
+
+describe("executeBackup - include / exclude patterns", () => {
+	test("should correctly build include and exclude patterns by joining with volume path", async () => {
+		// arrange
+		const volume = await createTestVolume();
+		const repository = await createTestRepository();
+		const schedule = await createTestBackupSchedule({
+			volumeId: volume.id,
+			repositoryId: repository.id,
+			includePatterns: ["include1", "subdir/include2"],
+			excludePatterns: ["exclude1", "subdir/exclude2"],
+			excludeIfPresent: [".nobackup"],
+		});
+
+		// act
+		await backupsService.executeBackup(schedule.id);
+
+		// assert
+		const volumePath = getVolumePath(volume);
+
+		expect(backupMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.anything(),
+			volumePath,
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				include: [path.join(volumePath, "include1"), path.join(volumePath, "subdir/include2")],
+				exclude: [path.join(volumePath, "exclude1"), path.join(volumePath, "subdir/exclude2")],
+				excludeIfPresent: [".nobackup"],
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+
+	test("should not join with volume path if pattern already starts with it", async () => {
+		// arrange
+		const volume = await createTestVolume();
+		const volumePath = getVolumePath(volume);
+		const repository = await createTestRepository();
+
+		const alreadyJoinedInclude = path.join(volumePath, "already/joined");
+		const alreadyJoinedExclude = path.join(volumePath, "already/excluded");
+
+		const schedule = await createTestBackupSchedule({
+			volumeId: volume.id,
+			repositoryId: repository.id,
+			includePatterns: [alreadyJoinedInclude],
+			excludePatterns: [alreadyJoinedExclude],
+		});
+
+		// act
+		await backupsService.executeBackup(schedule.id);
+
+		// assert
+		expect(backupMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.anything(),
+			volumePath,
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				include: [alreadyJoinedInclude],
+				exclude: [alreadyJoinedExclude],
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+
+	test("should correctly mix relative and absolute patterns", async () => {
+		// arrange
+		const volume = await createTestVolume();
+		const volumePath = getVolumePath(volume);
+		const repository = await createTestRepository();
+
+		const alreadyJoinedInclude = path.join(volumePath, "already/joined");
+		const relativeInclude = "relative/include";
+
+		const schedule = await createTestBackupSchedule({
+			volumeId: volume.id,
+			repositoryId: repository.id,
+			includePatterns: [alreadyJoinedInclude, relativeInclude],
+		});
+
+		// act
+		await backupsService.executeBackup(schedule.id);
+
+		// assert
+		expect(backupMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.anything(),
+			volumePath,
+			expect.objectContaining({
+				include: [alreadyJoinedInclude, path.join(volumePath, relativeInclude)],
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+
+	test("should handle empty include and exclude patterns", async () => {
+		// arrange
+		const volume = await createTestVolume();
+		const repository = await createTestRepository();
+		const schedule = await createTestBackupSchedule({
+			volumeId: volume.id,
+			repositoryId: repository.id,
+			includePatterns: [],
+			excludePatterns: [],
+		});
+
+		// act
+		await backupsService.executeBackup(schedule.id);
+
+		// assert
+		expect(backupMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.anything(),
+			getVolumePath(volume),
+			expect.not.objectContaining({
+				include: expect.anything(),
+				exclude: expect.anything(),
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts
index 8fa5ecd7..4381a0cd 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/__tests__/backups.service.test.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-import { test, describe, mock, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { test, describe, mock, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, spyOn } from "bun:test";
 import { backupsService } from "../backups.service";
 import { createTestVolume } from "~/test/helpers/volume";
 import { createTestBackupSchedule } from "~/test/helpers/backup";
 import { createTestRepository } from "~/test/helpers/repository";
 import { generateBackupOutput } from "~/test/helpers/restic";
-import { beforeEach } from "bun:test";
+import * as spawnModule from "~/server/utils/spawn";
 
-const resticBackupMock = mock(() => Promise.resolve({ exitCode: 0 }));
-
-mock.module("~/server/utils/spawn", () => ({
-	safeSpawn: resticBackupMock,
-}));
+const resticBackupMock = mock(() => Promise.resolve({ exitCode: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "" }));
 
 beforeEach(() => {
 	resticBackupMock.mockClear();
+	spyOn(spawnModule, "safeSpawn").mockImplementation(resticBackupMock);
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+	mock.restore();
 });
 
 describe("execute backup", () => {
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
index bb28f29a..b32c317a 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { serverEvents } from "../../core/events";
 import { notificationsService } from "../notifications/notifications.service";
 import { repoMutex } from "../../core/repository-mutex";
 import { checkMirrorCompatibility, getIncompatibleMirrorError } from "~/server/utils/backend-compatibility";
+import path from "node:path";
 
 const runningBackups = new Map<number, AbortController>();
 
@@ -258,7 +259,16 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 		};
 
 		if (schedule.excludePatterns && schedule.excludePatterns.length > 0) {
-			backupOptions.exclude = schedule.excludePatterns;
+			const excludePatterns = [];
+			for (const pattern of schedule.excludePatterns) {
+				if (!pattern.startsWith(volumePath)) {
+					excludePatterns.push(path.join(volumePath, pattern));
+				} else {
+					excludePatterns.push(pattern);
+				}
+			}
+
+			backupOptions.exclude = excludePatterns;
 		}
 
 		if (schedule.excludeIfPresent && schedule.excludeIfPresent.length > 0) {
@@ -266,7 +276,16 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 		}
 
 		if (schedule.includePatterns && schedule.includePatterns.length > 0) {
-			backupOptions.include = schedule.includePatterns;
+			const includePatterns = [];
+			for (const pattern of schedule.includePatterns) {
+				if (!pattern.startsWith(volumePath)) {
+					includePatterns.push(path.join(volumePath, pattern));
+				} else {
+					includePatterns.push(pattern);
+				}
+			}
+
+			backupOptions.include = includePatterns;
 		}
 
 		const releaseBackupLock = await repoMutex.acquireShared(repository.id, `backup:${volume.name}`);
diff --git a/app/server/utils/restic.ts b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
index 0e1a7330..a4e076f5 100644
--- a/app/server/utils/restic.ts
+++ b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
@@ -267,9 +267,7 @@ const backup = async (
 		const tmp = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "zerobyte-restic-include-"));
 		includeFile = path.join(tmp, `include.txt`);
 
-		const includePaths = options.include.map((p) => path.join(source, p));
-
-		await fs.writeFile(includeFile, includePaths.join("\n"), "utf-8");
+		await fs.writeFile(includeFile, options.include.join("\n"), "utf-8");
 
 		args.push("--files-from", includeFile);
 	} else {
@@ -280,10 +278,14 @@ const backup = async (
 		args.push("--exclude", exclude);
 	}
 
+	let excludeFile: string | null = null;
 	if (options?.exclude && options.exclude.length > 0) {
-		for (const pattern of options.exclude) {
-			args.push("--exclude", pattern);
-		}
+		const tmp = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "zerobyte-restic-exclude-"));
+		excludeFile = path.join(tmp, `exclude.txt`);
+
+		await fs.writeFile(excludeFile, options.exclude.join("\n"), "utf-8");
+
+		args.push("--exclude-file", excludeFile);
 	}
 
 	if (options?.excludeIfPresent && options.excludeIfPresent.length > 0) {
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@ const backup = async (
 		},
 		finally: async () => {
 			includeFile && (await fs.unlink(includeFile).catch(() => {}));
+			excludeFile && (await fs.unlink(excludeFile).catch(() => {}));
 			await cleanupTemporaryKeys(config, env);
 		},
 	});