diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 9385733..4f109f7 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # flake for blakes nixos config
 # define new devices in outputs
-# generation: 288 current  2025-10-11 10:03:00  25.05.20251006.20c4598  6.12.50                          *
+# generation: 289 current  2025-10-11 11:25:44  25.05.20251006.20c4598  6.12.50                          *
 {
   description = "blakes nix config";
   inputs = {
diff --git a/modules/system/backups.nix b/modules/system/backups.nix
index 9415ee2..f9df240 100644
--- a/modules/system/backups.nix
+++ b/modules/system/backups.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ in
           export BORG_PASSPHRASE="$(cat ${cfg.passwd_file})"
           export BORG_REPO="${cfg.repo}"
           timestamp="$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S')"
+          mode=all
 
           # init repo in needed
           if ! borg info "$BORG_REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -65,12 +66,29 @@ in
 
           echo "starting backup at $timestamp"
 
-          # loop for each backup
-          ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (bak_name: bak_paths:
-            ''
-              echo "------------ Backing up ${bak_name} ------------"
-              archive="$timestamp-${bak_name}"
-              echo "backing up: ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths} → $archive"
+          if [ "$mode" = "sep" ]; then
+            # loop for each backup
+            ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (bak_name: bak_paths:
+              ''
+                echo "------------ Backing up ${bak_name} ------------"
+                archive="$timestamp-${bak_name}"
+                echo "backing up: ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths} → $archive"
+                borg create \
+                  --verbose \
+                  --filter AME \
+                  --list \
+                  --stats \
+                  --show-rc \
+                  --compression lzma,9 \
+                  "$BORG_REPO::$archive" \
+                  ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths}
+          else
+          # flatten all paths from cfg.baks into one big list
+            all_paths="${
+              lib.concatStringsSep " "
+              (lib.flatten
+                (lib.mapAttrsToList (_: bak: bak.paths) cfg.baks))
+            }"
               borg create \
                 --verbose \
                 --filter AME \
@@ -79,7 +97,8 @@ in
                 --show-rc \
                 --compression lzma,9 \
                 "$BORG_REPO::$archive" \
-                ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths}
+                $all_paths
+          fi
 
               echo "pruning old backups for ${bak_name}..."
               borg prune -v --list "$BORG_REPO" \