diff --git a/client/CHANGELOG.md b/client/CHANGELOG.md
index ad915f4..9b4d387 100644
--- a/client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Script now depends on Bash
 * tolerate absence of mtr or traceroute
 * Only one loop for all Redis instances
+* remodel how we build the rsync command
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/client/zzz_evobackup b/client/zzz_evobackup
index 43566d0..9871b44 100755
--- a/client/zzz_evobackup
+++ b/client/zzz_evobackup
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ PIDFILE="/var/run/${PROGNAME}.pid"
 # Customize the log path if you have multiple scripts and with separate logs
 LOGFILE="/var/log/evobackup.log"
 
+# Full Rsync log file, reset each time
+RSYNC_LOGFILE="/var/log/${PROGNAME}.rsync.log"
+
 HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
 
 DATE_FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
@@ -57,7 +60,71 @@ DATE_FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 # Enable/disable sync tasks (default: enabled)
 : "${SYNC_TASKS:=1}"
 
-##### SETUP AND FUNCTIONS #############################################
+# Source paths can be customized
+# Empty lines, and lines containing # or ; are ignored
+RSYNC_INCLUDES="
+/etc
+/root
+/var
+/home
+/zzz_evobackup_canary
+"
+
+# Excluded paths can be customized
+# Empty lines, and lines beginning with # or ; are ignored
+RSYNC_EXCLUDES="
+/dev
+/proc
+/run
+/sys
+/tmp
+/usr/doc
+/usr/obj
+/usr/share/doc
+/usr/src
+/var/apt
+/var/cache
+/var/db/munin/*.tmp
+/var/lib/amavis/amavisd.sock
+/var/lib/amavis/tmp
+/var/lib/clamav/*.tmp
+/var/lib/elasticsearch
+/var/lib/metche
+/var/lib/mongodb
+/var/lib/munin/*tmp*
+/var/lib/mysql
+/var/lib/php/sessions
+/var/lib/php5
+/var/lib/postgres
+/var/lib/postgresql
+/var/lib/sympa
+/var/lock
+/var/run
+/var/spool/postfix
+/var/spool/smtpd
+/var/spool/squid
+/var/state
+/var/tmp
+lost+found
+.nfs.*
+lxc/*/rootfs/tmp
+lxc/*/rootfs/usr/doc
+lxc/*/rootfs/usr/obj
+lxc/*/rootfs/usr/share/doc
+lxc/*/rootfs/usr/src
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/apt
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/cache
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/lib/php5
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/lib/php/sessions
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/lock
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/run
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/state
+lxc/*/rootfs/var/tmp
+/home/mysqltmp
+"
+
+
+##### FUNCTIONS #######################################################
 
 local_tasks() {
     log "START LOCAL_TASKS"
@@ -249,7 +316,7 @@ local_tasks() {
     # else
     #     echo 'Cannot make a snapshot of elasticsearch, at least one node is not mounting the repository.'
     # fi
-    ## If you need to keep older snapshot, for example the last 10 daily snapshots, replace the XDELETE and XPUT lines by :
+    ## If you need to keep older snapshot, for example the last 10 daily snapshots, replace the XDELETE and XPUT lines by :
     # for snapshot in $(curl -s -XGET "localhost:9200/_snapshot/snaprepo/_all?pretty=true" | grep -Eo 'snapshot_[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}' | head -n -10); do
     #     curl -s -XDELETE "localhost:9200/_snapshot/snaprepo/${snapshot}" | grep -v -Fx '{"acknowledged":true}'
     # done
@@ -368,6 +435,62 @@ local_tasks() {
 
     log "STOP LOCAL_TASKS"
 }
+build_rsync_cmd() {
+    ###################################################################
+    # /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ #
+    ###################################################################
+    # DO NOT USE COMMENTS in rsync lines                              #
+    # DO NOT ADD WHITESPACES AFTER \ in rsync lines                   #
+    # It breaks the command and destroys data                         #
+    # You should not modify this, unless you are really REALLY sure   #
+    ###################################################################
+
+    # Create a temp file for excludes and includes
+    includes_file="$(mktemp "${PROGNAME}.includes.XXXXXX")"
+    excludes_file="$(mktemp "${PROGNAME}.excludes.XXXXXX")"
+    # … and add them to the list of files to delete at exit
+    temp_files="${temp_files} ${includes_file} ${excludes_file}"
+
+    # Store includes/excludes in files
+    # without blank lines of comments (# or ;)
+    echo "${RSYNC_INCLUDES}" | sed -e 's/\s*\(#\|;\).*//; /^\s*$/d' > "${includes_file}"
+    echo "${RSYNC_EXCLUDES}" | sed -e 's/\s*\(#\|;\).*//; /^\s*$/d' > "${excludes_file}"
+
+    # Rsync command
+    cmd="$(command -v rsync)"
+
+    # Rsync main options
+    cmd="${cmd} --archive"
+    cmd="${cmd} --itemize-changes"
+    cmd="${cmd} --quiet"
+    cmd="${cmd} --stats"
+    cmd="${cmd} --human-readable"
+    cmd="${cmd} --relative"
+    cmd="${cmd} --partial"
+    cmd="${cmd} --delete"
+    cmd="${cmd} --delete-excluded"
+    cmd="${cmd} --force"
+    cmd="${cmd} --ignore-errors"
+    cmd="${cmd} --log-file=${RSYNC_LOGFILE}"
+    cmd="${cmd} --rsh='ssh -p ${SSH_PORT} -o \"ConnectTimeout ${SSH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT}\"'"
+
+    # Rsync excludes
+    while read line ; do
+        cmd="${cmd} --exclude ${line}"
+    done < "${excludes_file}"
+
+    # Rsync local sources
+    cmd="${cmd} ${default_includes}"
+    while read line ; do
+        cmd="${cmd} ${line}"
+    done < "${includes_file}"
+
+    # Rsync remote destination
+    cmd="${cmd} root@${SSH_SERVER}:/var/backup/"
+
+    # output final command
+    echo "${cmd}"
+}
 sync_tasks() {
     n=0
     server=""
@@ -392,88 +515,30 @@ sync_tasks() {
     SSH_SERVER=$(echo "${server}" | cut -d':' -f1)
     SSH_PORT=$(echo "${server}" | cut -d':' -f2)
 
-    if [ "${SYSTEM}" = "linux" ]; then
-        rep="/bin /boot /lib /opt /sbin /usr"
-    else
-        rep="/bsd /bin /sbin /usr"
-    fi
-
     log "START SYNC_TASKS - server=${server}"
 
-    update-evobackup-canary --who "${PROGNAME}"
+    # default paths, depending on system
+    if [ "${SYSTEM}" = "linux" ]; then
+        default_includes="/bin /boot /lib /opt /sbin /usr"
+    else
+        default_includes="/bsd /bin /sbin /usr"
+    fi
 
-    # Remote shell command
-    RSH_COMMAND="ssh -p ${SSH_PORT} -o 'ConnectTimeout ${SSH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT}'"
+    # reset Rsync log file
+    if [ -n "$(command -v truncate)" ]; then 
+        truncate -s 0 "${RSYNC_LOGFILE}"
+    else
+        printf "" > "${RSYNC_LOGFILE}"
+    fi
 
-    ###################################################################
-    # /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ WARNING /!\ #
-    ###################################################################
-    # DO NOT USE COMMENTS in rsync lines                              #
-    # DO NOT ADD WHITESPACES AFTER \ in rsync lines                   #
-    # It breaks the command and destroys data                         #
-    # => Only remove (or add) lines.                                  #
-    ###################################################################
+    # Build the final Rsync command
+    rsync_cmd=$(build_rsync_cmd)
 
-    # ignore check because we want it to split the different arguments to $rep
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    rsync --archive                                        \
-        --itemize-changes --stats --human-readable         \
-        --relative --partial                               \
-        --delete --delete-excluded --force --ignore-errors \
-        --exclude "dev"                                    \
-        --exclude "lost+found"                             \
-        --exclude ".nfs.*"                                 \
-        --exclude "/usr/doc"                               \
-        --exclude "/usr/obj"                               \
-        --exclude "/usr/share/doc"                         \
-        --exclude "/usr/src"                               \
-        --exclude "/var/apt"                               \
-        --exclude "/var/cache"                             \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/amavis/amavisd.sock"           \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/amavis/tmp"                    \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/clamav/*.tmp"                  \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/elasticsearch"                 \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/metche"                        \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/munin/*tmp*"                   \
-        --exclude "/var/db/munin/*.tmp"                    \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/mongodb"                       \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/mysql"                         \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/php5"                          \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/php/sessions"                  \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/postgres"                      \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/postgresql"                    \
-        --exclude "/var/lib/sympa"                         \
-        --exclude "/var/lock"                              \
-        --exclude "/var/run"                               \
-        --exclude "/var/spool/postfix"                     \
-        --exclude "/var/spool/smtpd"                       \
-        --exclude "/var/spool/squid"                       \
-        --exclude "/var/state"                             \
-        --exclude "/var/tmp"                               \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/tmp"                       \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/usr/doc"                   \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/usr/obj"                   \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/usr/share/doc"             \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/usr/src"                   \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/apt"                   \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/cache"                 \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/lib/php5"              \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/lib/php/sessions"      \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/lock"                  \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/log"                   \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/run"                   \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/state"                 \
-        --exclude "lxc/*/rootfs/var/tmp"                   \
-        --exclude "/home/mysqltmp"                         \
-            ${rep}                                         \
-            /etc                                           \
-            /root                                          \
-            /var                                           \
-            /home                                          \
-            /zzz_evobackup_canary                          \
-        -e "${RSH_COMMAND}"                                \
-        "root@${SSH_SERVER}:/var/backup/"                  \
-            | tail -30 >> "${LOGFILE}"
+    # … log it
+    log "SYNC_TASKS - Rsync command : ${rsync_cmd}"
+
+    # … execute it
+    eval "${rsync_cmd}"
 
     rsync_rc=$?
     if [ ${rsync_rc} -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -481,6 +546,9 @@ sync_tasks() {
         rc=201
     fi
 
+    # Copy last lines of rsync log to the main log
+    tail -n 30 "${RSYNC_LOGFILE}" >> "${LOGFILE}"
+
     log "STOP SYNC_TASKS - server=${server}"
 }
 
@@ -582,8 +650,16 @@ main() {
         fi
     fi
     echo "$$" > "${PIDFILE}"
+
+    # Initialize a list of files to delete at exit
+    # Any file added to the list will also be deleted at exit
+    temp_files="${PIDFILE}"
+
     # shellcheck disable=SC2064
-    trap "rm -f ${PIDFILE}" EXIT
+    trap "rm -f ${temp_files}" EXIT
+
+    # Update canary to keep track of each run
+    update-evobackup-canary --who "${PROGNAME}"
 
     if [ "${LOCAL_TASKS}" = "1" ]; then
         local_tasks