diff --git a/snapcontrol.exe b/snapcontrol.exe
index c94266d..367793a 100644
Binary files a/snapcontrol.exe and b/snapcontrol.exe differ
diff --git a/snapcontrol.ini b/snapcontrol.ini
index 1cd02d3..e641c25 100644
--- a/snapcontrol.ini
+++ b/snapcontrol.ini
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ BackupStart = 0005:00
 ; see http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/commandline.htm
 Disks2Dump = HD1:*
 
+; paths to exclude (comma separated list)
+; spaces in silenames must be enclosed with ""
+ExcludeList = c:\TEMP,C:\Perflogs
+
 ; maximum size of dumpfiles in MB (reduce for fat32 target drives to 4095)
 DumpSize = 4095
 
diff --git a/snapcontrol.pb b/snapcontrol.pb
index abcdd3d..cc498b5 100644
--- a/snapcontrol.pb
+++ b/snapcontrol.pb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ; LICENSE  : MIT License
 ; AUTHOR   : Michael H.G. Schmidt
 ; EMAIL    : michael@schmidt2.de
-; DATE     : 20210526
+; DATE     : 20210528
 ; ------------------------------------------------------------
 ;
 ; This tool creates an image backups of windows machines,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EnableGraphicalConsole(0)
 
 Dim filelist$(0)
 
-Global VERSION$="V1.02"
+Global VERSION$="V1.03"
 Global installme = 0
 Global updatesched = 0
 Global dryrun = 0
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Global TargetPassword$ = ReadPreferenceString("TargetPassword","guest")
 Global BackupschedMode$ = ReadPreferenceString("BackupschedMode","LOGIN")
 Global BackupStart$ = ReadPreferenceString("BackupStart","0005:00")
 Global Disks2Dump$ = ReadPreferenceString("Disks2Dump","HD1:*")
+Global ExcludeList$ = ReadPreferenceString("ExcludeList","")
 Global DumpSize$ = ReadPreferenceString("DumpSize","4095")
 Global Verify$ = ReadPreferenceString("Verify","yes")
 Global BurnTrash$ = ReadPreferenceString("BurnTrash","no")
@@ -518,9 +519,16 @@ EndIf
 params$ + " --FullIfHashIsMissing --CreateDir -W -L" + DumpSize$ + " " + Disks2Dump$
 
 LogMe("INFO: executing command [ " + SnapshotBin$ + " ]")
-LogMe("  DumpFile: [ " + DumpFile$ + " ]")
-LogMe("  HashFile: [ " + HashFile$ + " ]")
-LogMe("  LogFile:  [ " + LogFile$ + " ]")
+LogMe("  DumpFile:    [ " + DumpFile$ + " ]")
+
+; any excludes ? ...
+If ( ExcludeList$ <> "" )
+  params$ + " --exclude:" + ExcludeList$
+  LogMe("  ExcludeList: [ " + ExcludeList$ + " ]")
+EndIf
+
+LogMe("  HashFile:    [ " + HashFile$ + " ]")
+LogMe("  LogFile:     [ " + LogFile$ + " ]")
 
 If ( dryrun = 0 )
   e = system(SnapshotBin$ + " --Logfile:" + LogFile$ + " " + params$ + " " + DumpFile$ + " " + HashFile$)
@@ -531,8 +539,8 @@ EndProg(e)
 
 ; IDE Options = PureBasic 5.73 LTS (Windows - x64)
 ; ExecutableFormat = Console
-; CursorPosition = 58
-; FirstLine = 20
+; CursorPosition = 526
+; FirstLine = 500
 ; Folding = --
 ; EnableXP
 ; Executable = snapcontrol.exe