diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index d25a283..975bf8e 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@ class rsnapshot::config (
   file { $lockpath:
     ensure => 'directory',
   }
-  
+
+  notify {"Hosts is: $hosts ": }
   $hosts.each |String $host, Hash $hash | {
     $snapshot_root          = pick($hash['snapshot_root'], $rsnapshot::params::config_snapshot_root)
-    $backups                = pick($hash['backups'], $rsnapshot::params::config_backups)
+    $backup                = pick($hash['backup'], $rsnapshot::params::config_backup)
     $backup_user            = pick($hash['backup_user'], $rsnapshot::params::config_backup_user)
+    $backup_defaults        = pick($hash['backup_defaults'], $rsnapshot::params::config_backup_defaults)
+    if $backup_defaults {
+      $backups = merge($backup, $rsnapshot::params::config_backup) 
+    } else {
+      $backups = $backup   
+    }
+
     $cmd_cp                 = pick($hash['cmd_cp'], $rsnapshot::params::config_cmd_cp)
     $cmd_rm                 = pick($hash['cmd_rm'], $rsnapshot::params::config_cmd_rm)
     $cmd_rsync              = pick($hash['cmd_rsync'], $rsnapshot::params::config_cmd_rsync)
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 334349d..90f0ebc 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class rsnapshot::params {
   $config_backup_user                   = 'root'
   $package_name                  = 'rsnapshot'
   $package_ensure                = 'present'
+  $config_backup_defaults        = true
   $config_version                = '1.2'
   $config_cmd_cp                 = '/bin/cp'
   $config_cmd_rm                 = '/bin/rm'
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class rsnapshot::params {
   $config_sync_first             = false
   $config_rsync_numtries         = 1
   $config_use_lazy_deletes       = false
-  $config_backups                = {
+  $config_backup                = {
     '/etc'  => './',
     '/home' => './',
   }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 1e3eaf4..1d1a279 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     { "name": "puppet", "version_requirement": ">= 3.0.0" }
   ],
   "dependencies": [
-    { "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib","version_range": ">= 1.0.0"
-    }
+    { "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib","version_range": ">= 1.0.0" }
   ]
 }