diff --git a/deploy/trialrun/deploy.sh b/deploy/trialrun/deploy.sh
index 404666fb..b0c4634d 100755
--- a/deploy/trialrun/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy/trialrun/deploy.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ rsync -az --delete \
   --exclude 'client/playwright-report' \
   --exclude 'server/generated' \
   --exclude 'deploy/trialrun/data' \
+  --exclude 'deploy/trialrun/backups' \
   --exclude 'deploy/trialrun/.env' \
   --exclude 'coverage' \
   --exclude 'dist' \