diff --git a/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc b/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc
index c41a6f4..e700cbe 100644
--- a/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc
+++ b/gaboshlib/g_backup.bashfunc
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ var-lib-docker
       BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_DATE_INCOMPLETE="$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_DATE-incomplete"
 
       # linkdest/hardlink if present
-      BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR" 2>/dev/null | sort | tail -n1)"
-      BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR-incomplete" 2>/dev/null | grep -v $BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d) | tail -n 19 | sort | perl -pe 's/^/--link-dest=/; s/\n/ /g')"
-      [ -n "$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST" ] && rsyncoptsrun="$rsyncoptsrun --link-dest=$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST"
+      BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR" 2>/dev/null | egrep -v "^backup.+-monthly/" | sort | tail -n1 | perl -pe 's/$/\//' )"
+      BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE="$($sshoptsnoretry ls -d1 "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-*/$BACKUPDIR-incomplete" 2>/dev/null | grep -v $BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_HOST/backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d) | tail -n 19 | sort | perl -pe 's/^/--link-dest=/; s/\n/\/ /g')"
       [ -n "$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE" ] && rsyncoptsrun="$rsyncoptsrun $BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST_INCOMPLETE"
+      [ -n "$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST" ] && rsyncoptsrun="$rsyncoptsrun --link-dest=$BACKUPSRVPATH_LINK_DEST"
       
       g_runcmd $sshopts mkdir -p "$BACKUPSRVPATH_WITH_DATE_INCOMPLETE" || continue
     else