diff --git a/etc/cron.hourly/10-openmamba-sync-back b/etc/cron.hourly/10-openmamba-sync-back
index c1eee6a..a2722ba 100755
--- a/etc/cron.hourly/10-openmamba-sync-back
+++ b/etc/cron.hourly/10-openmamba-sync-back
@@ -14,24 +14,24 @@
    }
 
    for rep in ${remote_reps[*]}; do
-      echo "==> Syncing back $rep remote repository"
+      [[ "`/usr/bin/tty`" != "not a tty" ]] && echo "==> Syncing back $rep remote repository"
       for a in ${archs[*]}; do
          rsync \
            $RSYNC_OPT \
            $dest_rsync/$rep/RPMS.$a $local_ftp/$rep \
            --password-file=/etc/rsync.password --bwlimit=500 \
-           --exclude */old > /dev/null
+           --exclude old > /dev/null
       done
       rsync \
         $RSYNC_OPT \
         $dest_rsync/$rep/SRPMS.base $local_ftp/$rep \
         --password-file=/etc/rsync.password --bwlimit=500 \
-        --exclude */old >/dev/null
+        --exclude old >/dev/null
       rsync \
         $RSYNC_OPT \
         $dest_rsync/$rep/home $local_ftp/$rep \
         --password-file=/etc/rsync.password --bwlimit=500 \
-        --exclude */old > /dev/null
+        --exclude old > /dev/null
 #      rsync \
 #        $RSYNC_OPT \
 #        $dest_rsync/$rep/autoupdate $local_ftp/$rep \
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 [ "$ftpsync" -a "$dest_ftp" ] && {
    for a in ${remote_reps[*]}; do
-      echo "==> Syncing back remote $a repository"
+      [[ "`/usr/bin/tty`" != "not a tty" ]] && echo "==> Syncing back remote $a repository"
       ftpsync -q -g  $local_ftp/$a/RPMS.i586 \
          $dest_ftp/pub/openmamba/$a/RPMS.i586 ftpuser=$ftpuser ftppasswd=$ftppass
       ftpsync -q -g  $local_ftp/$a/SRPMS.base \