diff --git a/files/gramps/docker-compose.template.yml b/files/gramps/docker-compose.template.yml
index 0e51692..329087b 100644
--- a/files/gramps/docker-compose.template.yml
+++ b/files/gramps/docker-compose.template.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ services:
       - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_db') | path_join }}:/root/.gramps/grampsdb"  # persist Gramps database
       - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_users') | path_join }}:/app/users"  # persist user database
       - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_index') | path_join }}:/app/indexdir"  # persist search index
-      - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_thumb_cache') | path_join }}:/app/thumbnail_cache"  # persist thumbnails
-      - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_cache') | path_join }}:/app/cache"  # persist export and report caches
       - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_secret') | path_join }}:/app/secret"  # persist flask secret
       - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_media') | path_join }}:/app/media"  # persist media files
+      - "{{ (cache_dir, 'gramps_thumb_cache') | path_join }}:/app/thumbnail_cache"  # persist thumbnails
+      - "{{ (cache_dir, 'gramps_cache') | path_join }}:/app/cache"  # persist export and report caches
     environment:
       GRAMPSWEB_TREE: "Gramps"  # will create a new tree if not exists
       GRAMPSWEB_SECRET_KEY: "{{ gramps_secret_key }}"
diff --git a/files/gramps/gobackup.template.yml b/files/gramps/gobackup.template.yml
index f69e885..b86d25c 100644
--- a/files/gramps/gobackup.template.yml
+++ b/files/gramps/gobackup.template.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,3 @@ models:
     archive:
       includes:
         - "{{ data_dir }}"
-      excludes:
-        - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_cache') | path_join }}"
-        - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_thumb_cache') | path_join }}"
-        - "{{ (data_dir, 'gramps_tmp') | path_join }}"
diff --git a/playbook-gramps.yml b/playbook-gramps.yml
index 6bcf877..ac0d979 100644
--- a/playbook-gramps.yml
+++ b/playbook-gramps.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     app_owner_gid: 1010
     base_dir: "{{ (application_dir, app_name) | path_join }}"
     data_dir: "{{ (base_dir, 'data') | path_join }}"
+    cache_dir: "{{ (base_dir, 'cache') | path_join }}"
     backups_dir: "{{ (base_dir, 'backups') | path_join }}"
     gobackup_config: "{{ (base_dir, 'gobackup.yml') | path_join }}"
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
       loop:
         - "{{ base_dir }}"
         - "{{ data_dir }}"
+        - "{{ cache_dir }}"
         - "{{ backups_dir }}"
 
     - name: "Copy gobackup config"