diff --git a/plugin/fs/plugin.go b/plugin/fs/plugin.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/plugin/fs/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/fs/plugin.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 			plugin.Field{
 				Mode:  "target",
 				Name:  "exclude",
-				Type:  "abspath",
+				Type:  "string",
 				Title: "Files to Exclude",
 				Help:  "Files that match this pattern will be excluded from the backup archive.  If not specified, no files will be excluded.",
 			},
fs: exclude value is a string, not an abspath