diff --git a/sync-to b/sync-to
index c481eb1a8ef9364b2298f3661d24be92558f7e96..2dd7ee03359383fe6bcc1dea2d8980c41ebc82ca 100755
--- a/sync-to
+++ b/sync-to
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ start=$(date)
 rsync -avS --delete --progress 	\
     --exclude /.cache \
     --exclude /.cdist/cache \
-    --exclude ~/temp/ \
-    --exclude ~/.mu/ \
+    --exclude /temp/ \
+    --exclude /.mu/ \
+    --exclude /Downloads/ \
 	"$@" 			\
 	~/ "$dst"
 end=$(date)