diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index 1ab3b1a..adc1c7c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     minute: "0"
     hour: "8"
     user: root
-    job: "find /var/backups/gitea-* -mtime +7 -type f -exec rm {} +"
+    job: find /var/backups -path /var/backups/gitea-* -mtime +7 -type f -exec rm {} +
     cron_file: gitea-backup-cleanup
 
 - name: Check if environment.env will get changed