diff --git a/borg-backup.sh b/borg-backup.sh
index 478eb09..aa8021c 100755
--- a/borg-backup.sh
+++ b/borg-backup.sh
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ fi
 # MariaDB stays up throughout: the dump above is already transactionally
 # consistent, and the container's raw data directory carries a .nobackup
 # marker (excluded here via --exclude-if-present) so its live files are
-# never read by borg. Per-site log/ dirs (nginx access/error logs etc.)
+# never read by borg. Per-site log/ or logs/ dirs (nginx access/error logs etc.)
 # are excluded too - they churn on every request, so backing them up adds
 # noise and dedup overhead for no recovery value.
 step "Step 2: Creating archive $ARCHIVE"
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ run_cmd timeout --signal=INT --kill-after=120s "$CREATE_TIMEOUT" \
         --exclude-caches \
         --exclude-if-present .nobackup \
         --keep-exclude-tags \
-        --exclude 're:/log/' \
+        --exclude 're:/logs?/' \
         "::$ARCHIVE" \
         "$TARGET"