diff --git a/borghelper.sh b/borghelper.sh
index 7b8b856..4ccb10f 100755
--- a/borghelper.sh
+++ b/borghelper.sh
@@ -261,14 +261,21 @@ elif [ "$operation" = 'viewarchive' ]; then
     borg list ::"${archiveName}"
 # restore operations
 elif [ "$operation" = 'restore' ]; then
+    cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
     if [ -z "$fileName" ]; then
         # restore entire archive
-        cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
-        borg --show-rc ${commonOptions} extract ${restoreOptions} ::"${archiveName}"
+        if [ "$exclusions" ]; then
+            borg --show-rc ${commonOptions} extract ${restoreOptions} ::"${archiveName}" --exclude "${exclusions}"
+        else
+            borg --show-rc ${commonOptions} extract ${restoreOptions} ::"${archiveName}"
+        fi
     elif [ "$fileName" ]; then
-        # restore single file
-        cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
-        borg --show-rc ${commonOptions} extract ${restoreOptions} ::"${archiveName}" "${fileName}"
+        # restore file/pattern
+        if [ "$exclusions" ]; then
+            borg --show-rc ${commonOptions} extract ${restoreOptions} ::"${archiveName}" "${fileName}" --exclude "${exclusions}"
+        else
+            borg --show-rc ${commonOptions} extract ${restoreOptions} ::"${archiveName}" "${fileName}"
+        fi
     fi
 fi