diff --git a/usr/local/sbin/zio-backup b/usr/local/sbin/zio-backup
index c359ec1..bf5b79e 100755
--- a/usr/local/sbin/zio-backup
+++ b/usr/local/sbin/zio-backup
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ function backup() {
 
         restic \
             backup \
-            --dry-run \
             --iexclude ".cache" \
             --iexclude "cache" \
             --iexclude "CachedData" \
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ function backup() {
             --repo "$repo" \
             --tag "$tag" \
             --verbose \
-             `[[ -s $args ]] && echo "$args"` "$path"
+             `[[ -s $args ]] && echo "$args"` "$path" \
+            --dry-run
     fi
 }