diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index e28827b..ecbab2e 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -266,15 +266,16 @@ export RSYNC_RSH="ssh -v"
 declare -r rsync="/usr/local/bin/rsync"
 declare -ra rsync_flags=(
   --archive
-  --hard-links
-  --one-file-system
   --compress
   --delete
-  --numeric-ids
-  --stats
-  --inplace
-  --relative
   --exclude=/.zfs/
+  --executability
+  --inplace
+  --itemize-changes
+  --numeric-ids
+  --one-file-system
+  --relative
+  --stats
 )
 declare -r logdir="/backupz/log"