diff --git a/pillar/registry.sls b/pillar/registry.sls
index 9736888e..b8e1d9f5 100644
--- a/pillar/registry.sls
+++ b/pillar/registry.sls
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ sync:
     /home/collect/scrapyd/dbs:
     /home/collect/scrapyd/eggs:
     /home/collect/scrapyd/jobs:
+      exclude: "*/requests.queue/*"
     /home/collect/scrapyd/logs:
 
 apache:
diff --git a/salt/aws/files/sync-to-s3.sh b/salt/aws/files/sync-to-s3.sh
index 96a35d5f..d3a4efc4 100644
--- a/salt/aws/files/sync-to-s3.sh
+++ b/salt/aws/files/sync-to-s3.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Backup multiple directories and upload to AWS S3
+# Sync a single directory into S3.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -24,16 +24,42 @@ if [ ! -x "$AWS_CLI" ]; then
     exit 3
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$SYNC_DIRECTORIES" ]; then
-    echo "Error: SYNC_DIRECTORIES isn't set or is empty"
+if [ -z "$S3_SYNC_BUCKET" ]; then
+    echo "Error: S3_SYNC_BUCKET isn't set or is empty"
     exit 4
 fi
 
-for DIRECTORY in "${SYNC_DIRECTORIES[@]}"; do
-    SAFENAME="${DIRECTORY/#\//}"
-    SAFENAME="${SAFENAME/%\//}"
+AWS_ARGS=(--only-show-errors --delete)
 
-    set +e
-    $AWS_CLI s3 sync "$DIRECTORY" "s3://$S3_SYNC_BUCKET/$SAFENAME/" --only-show-errors --delete 2>&1 | grep -v "You did not provide the number of bytes specified by the Content-Length HTTP header"
-    set -e
+# Parse script arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+    --exclude)
+        if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+            echo "Missing path."
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        AWS_ARGS+=(--exclude "\"$2\"")
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+    -*)
+        echo "Unknown option"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    *)
+        DIRECTORY=$1
+        SAFENAME=${DIRECTORY/#\//}
+        SAFENAME="${SAFENAME/%\//}"
+        shift
+        ;;
+    esac
 done
+
+if [ -e "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
+    echo "Error: DIRECTORY isn't set or doesn't exist."
+    exit 5
+fi
+
+set +e
+$AWS_CLI s3 sync "${AWS_ARGS[@]}" "$DIRECTORY" "s3://$S3_SYNC_BUCKET/$SAFENAME/"
+set -e
diff --git a/salt/aws/sync.sls b/salt/aws/sync.sls
index be5a4330..8869a57c 100644
--- a/salt/aws/sync.sls
+++ b/salt/aws/sync.sls
@@ -16,16 +16,10 @@ include:
   file.managed:
     - contents: |
         MAILTO=root
-        15 03,15 * * * root /home/sysadmin-tools/bin/sync-to-s3.sh
+{%- for directory, entry in pillar.sync.directories|items %}
+{%- set minute = (loop.index0 * 5) % 60 %}
+        {{minute}} 03,15 * * * root /home/sysadmin-tools/bin/sync-to-s3.sh {{ directory }}
+        {%- for option, value in (entry or {}) | items %} --{{ option }} "{{ value }}"{% endfor %}
+{%- endfor %}
     - require:
       - file: /home/sysadmin-tools/bin/sync-to-s3.sh
-
-set SYNC_DIRECTORIES setting:
-  file.keyvalue:
-    - name: /home/sysadmin-tools/aws-settings.local
-    - key: SYNC_DIRECTORIES
-    - value: '( "{{ pillar.sync.directories|join('" "') }}" )'
-    - append_if_not_found: True
-    - require:
-      - file: /home/sysadmin-tools/bin
-      - sls: aws