diff --git a/debootstrap.sh b/debootstrap.sh
index 467b69638d..c330286a26 100644
--- a/debootstrap.sh
+++ b/debootstrap.sh
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ KILLPROC=$(ps -uax | pgrep ntpd |        tail -1); if [ -n "$KILLPROC" ]; then k
 KILLPROC=$(ps -uax | pgrep dbus-daemon | tail -1); if [ -n "$KILLPROC" ]; then kill -9 $KILLPROC; fi  
 
 display_alert "Closing debootstrap process and preparing cache." "" "info"
-tar cpf - --directory=$DEST/cache/sdcard/ --exclude=dev/* --exclude=proc/* --exclude=run/* --exclude=tmp/* \
---exclude=mnt/* --exclude=sys/* . | pigz > $DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz
+tar cpf - --directory=$DEST/cache/sdcard/ --exclude='dev' --exclude='proc/*' --exclude='run/*' --exclude='tmp/*' \
+--exclude='mnt/*' --exclude='sys/*' . | pigz > $DEST/cache/rootfs/$RELEASE.tgz
 fi
 #
 # mount proc, sys and dev