diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0765e64..bf6dd9a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func buildMenu() *resticmenu {
 	systray.AddSeparator()
 	mnu.backupNow = systray.AddMenuItem("Backup now", "Backup now")
 	mnu.backupNow.Disable()
-	mnu.browse = systray.AddMenuItem("Browse backups in Finder...", "Mount and browse backups")
+	mnu.browse = systray.AddMenuItem("Browse backups folders...", "Mount and browse backups")
 	mnu.logs = systray.AddMenuItem("Open logfile...", "Open logging file")
 	mnu.config = systray.AddMenuItem("Open config file...", "Open config file")
 	systray.AddSeparator()
diff --git a/restic/config.go b/restic/config.go
index 7a03ba9..6bcaa9b 100644
--- a/restic/config.go
+++ b/restic/config.go
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ func ConfigFile() string {
 	return filepath.Join(configDir, "config.json")
 }
 
-func (cnf *Config) MountDir() string {
+func MountDir() string {
 	return filepath.Join(configDir, "mnt")
 }
 
 func (cnf *Config) CreateMountDirIfDoesntExist() error {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(cnf.MountDir()); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return os.Mkdir(cnf.MountDir(), os.ModePerm)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(MountDir()); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return os.Mkdir(MountDir(), os.ModePerm)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ func ReadConfig() (*Config, error) {
 
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("No config.json found, writing default")
+
+		// in case the base config dir doesn't exist, create it
+		if _, err := os.Stat(configDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			err = os.Mkdir(configDir, os.ModePerm)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
 		conf = defaultConfig()
 		confData, _ := json.Marshal(conf)
 		os.WriteFile(ConfigFile(), confData, os.ModePerm)
@@ -89,10 +98,10 @@ func ReadConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(ExcludeFile()); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		os.WriteFile(ExcludeFile(), []byte(""), os.ModePerm)
+		os.WriteFile(ExcludeFile(), []byte("node_modules"), os.ModePerm)
 	}
 	if _, err := os.Stat(PasswordFile()); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		os.WriteFile(PasswordFile(), []byte(""), os.ModePerm)
+		os.WriteFile(PasswordFile(), []byte("password"), os.ModePerm)
 	}
 
 	return conf, nil
diff --git a/restic/util.go b/restic/util.go
index adda4f7..e0a7c7f 100644
--- a/restic/util.go
+++ b/restic/util.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package restic
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 )
 
 var home, _ = os.UserHomeDir()
 var executable, _ = os.Executable()
 var isDev = os.Getenv("RESTICTRAY_DEV")
-var configDir = home + "/.restic/"
+var configDir = filepath.Join(home, ".restic")
 var timeNow = time.Now
diff --git a/restic/wrapper.go b/restic/wrapper.go
index 7874c8f..6d7caa9 100644
--- a/restic/wrapper.go
+++ b/restic/wrapper.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (w *Wrapper) Cleanup() {
 		// Could be killed or terminated due to manual unmount, ignore errors and retry anyway
 		w.mountCommand.Process.Kill()
 		// Sometimes not correctly unmounted causing consecutive open attempts of mounted folder to fail
-		exec.Command("umount", "restic").Run()
+		exec.Command("umount", MountDir()).Run()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ func (w *Wrapper) MountBackups(c *Config) error {
 	w.Cleanup()
 
 	// Open the folder first: MacFuse could take a second; results in occasional weird errors otherwise.
-	err := openFolder(c.MountDir())
+	err := openFolder(MountDir())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	w.mountCommand = resticCmd("--password-file", PasswordFile(), "-r", c.Repository, "mount", c.MountDir())
+	w.mountCommand = resticCmd("--password-file", PasswordFile(), "-r", c.Repository, "mount", MountDir())
 	err = w.mountCommand.Start() // restic's mount is a blocking call
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("restic mount cmd: %w", err)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (w *Wrapper) UpdateLatestSnapshots(c *Config) error {
 // Backup uses "restic backup" to create a new snapshot. This is a blocking call.
 // Returns a ResticCmdTimeoutError if no response from restic after cmdTimeout
 func (w *Wrapper) Backup(c *Config) error {
-	cmd := resticCmd("--password-file", PasswordFile(), "-r", c.Repository, "--exclude-file", ExcludeFile(), "backup", c.Backup, "--no-scan")
+	cmd := resticCmd("--password-file", PasswordFile(), "-r", c.Repository, "--exclude-file", ExcludeFile(), "backup", c.Backup)
 	stdout, _ := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 
 	busy := make(chan bool, 1)