diff --git a/duplicacy/duplicacy_main.go b/duplicacy/duplicacy_main.go
index 5e29d0e..daa5be8 100644
--- a/duplicacy/duplicacy_main.go
+++ b/duplicacy/duplicacy_main.go
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ func copySnapshots(context *cli.Context) {
 	destinationStorage.SetRateLimits(0, context.Int("upload-limit-rate"))
 
 	destinationManager := duplicacy.CreateBackupManager(destination.SnapshotID, destinationStorage, repository,
-		                                                  destinationPassword, "", "", fasle)
+		                                                  destinationPassword, "", "", false)
 	duplicacy.SavePassword(*destination, "password", destinationPassword)
 	destinationManager.SetupSnapshotCache(destination.Name)
 
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_backupmanager.go b/src/duplicacy_backupmanager.go
index 40e685c..df1a321 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_backupmanager.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_backupmanager.go
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ func CreateBackupManager(snapshotID string, storage Storage, top string, passwor
 
 		nobackupFile: nobackupFile,
 
-    filtersFile: filtersFile,
+		filtersFile: filtersFile,
 
-    excludeByAttribute: excludeByAttribute,
+		excludeByAttribute: excludeByAttribute,
 	}
 
 	if IsDebugging() {
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) Backup(top string, quickMode bool, threads int, ta
 		LOG_INFO("BACKUP_KEY", "RSA encryption is enabled")
 	}
 
+	if manager.excludeByAttribute {
+		LOG_INFO("BACKUP_EXCLUDE", "Exclude files with no-backup attributes")
+	}
+
 	remoteSnapshot := manager.SnapshotManager.downloadLatestSnapshot(manager.snapshotID)
 	if remoteSnapshot == nil {
 		remoteSnapshot = CreateEmptySnapshot(manager.snapshotID)
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_entry.go b/src/duplicacy_entry.go
index 0069904..7d2849f 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_entry.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_entry.go
@@ -28,29 +28,6 @@ var fileModeMask = os.ModePerm | os.ModeSetuid | os.ModeSetgid | os.ModeSticky
 // Regex for matching 'StartChunk:StartOffset:EndChunk:EndOffset'
 var contentRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([0-9]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+)`)
 
-// AttributeExcludeName attribute name to determine file exclusion
-var AttributeExcludeName = getDefaultAttributeExcludeName()
-
-// AttributeExcludeValue attribute value to determine file exclusion
-var AttributeExcludeValue = getDefaultAttributeExcludeValue()
-
-func getDefaultAttributeExcludeName() string {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		return "com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem"
-	}
-	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-		return "duplicacy_exclude"
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func getDefaultAttributeExcludeValue() string {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		return "com.apple.backupd"
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // Entry encapsulates information about a file or directory.
 type Entry struct {
 	Path string
@@ -547,15 +524,9 @@ func ListEntries(top string, path string, fileList *[]*Entry, patterns []string,
 			entry.ReadAttributes(top)
 		}
 
-		if excludeByAttribute && (runtime.GOOS == "darwin" || runtime.GOOS == "linux") {
-			attrValue, ok := entry.Attributes[AttributeExcludeName]
-			if ok {
-				attrValueString := string(attrValue)
-				if strings.Contains(attrValueString, AttributeExcludeValue) {
-					LOG_WARN("LIST_NOBACKUPXATTR", "%s is excluded due to extended attribute: %s", entry.Path, AttributeExcludeName)
-					continue
-				}
-			}
+		if excludeByAttribute && excludedByAttribute(entry.Attributes) {
+			LOG_DEBUG("LIST_EXCLUDE", "%s is excluded by attribute", entry.Path)
+			continue
 		}
 
 		if f.Mode()&(os.ModeNamedPipe|os.ModeSocket|os.ModeDevice) != 0 {
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_preference.go b/src/duplicacy_preference.go
index 6a77a44..fe24b22 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_preference.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_preference.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ type Preference struct {
 	DoNotSavePassword bool              `json:"no_save_password"`
 	NobackupFile      string            `json:"nobackup_file"`
 	Keys              map[string]string `json:"keys"`
-	FiltersFile           string        `json:"filters"`
-	ExcludeByAttribute bool              `json:"exclude_by_attribute"`
+	FiltersFile       string            `json:"filters"`
+	ExcludeByAttribute bool             `json:"exclude_by_attribute"`
 }
 
 var preferencePath string
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_snapshot.go b/src/duplicacy_snapshot.go
index 61be0cd..9b4fef2 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_snapshot.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_snapshot.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func CreateEmptySnapshot(id string) (snapshto *Snapshot) {
 
 // CreateSnapshotFromDirectory creates a snapshot from the local directory 'top'.  Only 'Files'
 // will be constructed, while 'ChunkHashes' and 'ChunkLengths' can only be populated after uploading.
-func CreateSnapshotFromDirectory(id string, top string, nobackupFile string, filtersFile string, , excludeByAttribute bool) (snapshot *Snapshot, skippedDirectories []string,
+func CreateSnapshotFromDirectory(id string, top string, nobackupFile string, filtersFile string, excludeByAttribute bool) (snapshot *Snapshot, skippedDirectories []string,
 	skippedFiles []string, err error) {
 
 	snapshot = &Snapshot{
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_utils_darwin.go b/src/duplicacy_utils_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38e2a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/duplicacy_utils_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) Acrosync LLC. All rights reserved.
+// Free for personal use and commercial trial
+// Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
+
+package duplicacy
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func excludedByAttribute(attirbutes map[string][]byte) bool {
+	value, ok := attirbutes["com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem"]
+	return ok && strings.Contains(string(value), "com.apple.backupd")
+}
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_utils_linux.go b/src/duplicacy_utils_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223f32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/duplicacy_utils_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) Acrosync LLC. All rights reserved.
+// Free for personal use and commercial trial
+// Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
+
+package duplicacy
+
+import (
+)
+
+func excludedByAttribute(attirbutes map[string][]byte) bool {
+	_, ok := attirbutes["duplicacy_exclude"]
+	return ok
+}
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go b/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go
index ec5c171..3a01682 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go
@@ -131,3 +131,7 @@ func SplitDir(fullPath string) (dir string, file string) {
 	i := strings.LastIndex(fullPath, "\\")
 	return fullPath[:i+1], fullPath[i+1:]
 }
+
+func excludedByAttribute(attirbutes map[string][]byte) bool {
+	return false
+}