diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9ed1691e5..d23fea7fd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 		android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_content"
 		android:fullBackupOnly="true"
 		android:hasFragileUserData="true"
+		android:restoreAnyVersion="true"
 		android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
 		android:label="@string/app_name"
 		android:largeHeap="true"
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/AppBackupAgent.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/AppBackupAgent.kt
index d63e22a66..110f3143f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/AppBackupAgent.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/AppBackupAgent.kt
@@ -36,15 +36,14 @@ class AppBackupAgent : BackupAgent() {
 
 	override fun onFullBackup(data: FullBackupDataOutput) {
 		super.onFullBackup(data)
-		val file =
-			createBackupFile(
-				this,
-				BackupRepository(
-					MangaDatabase(context = applicationContext),
-					AppSettings(applicationContext),
-					TapGridSettings(applicationContext),
-				),
-			)
+		val file = createBackupFile(
+			this,
+			BackupRepository(
+				MangaDatabase(context = applicationContext),
+				AppSettings(applicationContext),
+				TapGridSettings(applicationContext),
+			),
+		)
 		try {
 			fullBackupFile(file, data)
 		} finally {
@@ -90,8 +89,12 @@ class AppBackupAgent : BackupAgent() {
 	@VisibleForTesting
 	fun restoreBackupFile(fd: FileDescriptor, size: Long, repository: BackupRepository) {
 		ZipInputStream(ByteStreams.limit(FileInputStream(fd), size)).use { input ->
+			val sections = EnumSet.allOf(BackupSection::class.java)
+			// managed externally
+			sections.remove(BackupSection.SETTINGS)
+			sections.remove(BackupSection.SETTINGS_READER_GRID)
 			runBlocking {
-				repository.restoreBackup(input, EnumSet.allOf(BackupSection::class.java), null)
+				repository.restoreBackup(input, sections, null)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/BackupSection.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/BackupSection.kt
index b418787da..05762cd68 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/BackupSection.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/koitharu/kotatsu/backups/domain/BackupSection.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ enum class BackupSection(
 
 		fun of(entry: ZipEntry): BackupSection? {
 			val name = entry.name.lowercase(Locale.ROOT)
-			return entries.first { x -> x.entryName == name }
+			return entries.find { x -> x.entryName == name }
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_content.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_content.xml
index f2c5989ed..b4c3946f2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_content.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_content.xml
@@ -3,4 +3,16 @@
 	<include
 		domain="sharedpref"
 		path="." />
+	<exclude
+		domain="sharedpref"
+		path="_local_index.xml" />
+	<exclude
+		domain="database"
+		path="." />
+	<exclude
+		domain="device_database"
+		path="." />
+	<exclude
+		domain="external"
+		path="." />
 </full-backup-content>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
index 5c0b063ba..2b2c835ec 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/backup_rules.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,15 @@
 <data-extraction-rules>
 	<cloud-backup disableIfNoEncryptionCapabilities="false">
 		<include domain="sharedpref" path="."/>
+		<exclude domain="sharedpref" path="_local_index.xml"/>
+		<exclude domain="database" path="." />
+		<exclude domain="device_database" path="." />
+		<exclude domain="external" path="." />
 	</cloud-backup>
-</data-extraction-rules>
\ No newline at end of file
+	<device-transfer>
+		<include domain="sharedpref" path="."/>
+		<exclude domain="sharedpref" path="_local_index.xml"/>
+		<exclude domain="database" path="." />
+		<exclude domain="device_database" path="." />
+	</device-transfer>
+</data-extraction-rules>