diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 5e17821..d65df39 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -29,17 +29,33 @@ esac
 ORIGIN_PERMS="send,snapshot,hold"
 MIRROR_PERMS="compression,receive,create"
 
-GRAPH_DATASETS_RAW=`cat $datasets_file`
-GRAPH_DATASETS=`for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS_RAW; do
+SEND_DATASETS=""
+SNAPSHOT_DATASETS=""
+while read dataset dataset_options; do
     case $dataset in
         \#*) continue;;
     esac
-    echo -n "$dataset "
-done`
+
+    snapshot_dataset="yes"
+    send_dataset="yes"
+    case $dataset_options in 
+        *"nosnap"* ) snapshot_dataset="";;
+    esac
+    case $dataset_options in 
+        *"nosend"* ) send_dataset="";;
+    esac
+
+    if [ $send_dataset ]; then
+        SEND_DATASETS="$SEND_DATASETS $dataset"
+    fi
+    if [ $snapshot_dataset ]; then
+        SNAPSHOT_DATASETS="$SNAPSHOT_DATASETS $dataset"
+    fi
+done < datasets.txt
 
 list_datasets()
 {
-    for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+    for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
         zfs list -H $dataset
     done
 }
@@ -49,12 +65,12 @@ list_remote_datasets() {
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
         if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
             echo ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr\
-                "sh -c 'for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS;
+                "sh -c 'for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS;
                     do zfs list -H $zroot/\$dataset;
                 done'"
         else
             ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
-                "sh -c 'for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS;
+                "sh -c 'for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS;
                     do zfs list -H $zroot/\$dataset;
                 done';"
         fi
@@ -75,7 +91,7 @@ get_latest_remote_snapshot()
 
 zfs_allow_origin()
 {
-    for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+    for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
         if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
             echo zfs allow -u $LOCAL_USER $ORIGIN_PERMS $dataset
         else
@@ -90,12 +106,12 @@ zfs_allow_mirrors()
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
         if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
             echo ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
-                "for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+                "for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
                     zfs allow -u $user $MIRROR_PERMS $zroot/\$dataset
                 done"
         else
             ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -o port=$ssh_port $user@$addr \
-                "for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+                "for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
                     zfs allow -u $user $MIRROR_PERMS $zroot/\$dataset
                 done"
         fi
@@ -105,7 +121,7 @@ zfs_allow_mirrors()
 create_snapshots()
 {
     snapshot_id="`date -I`-`date +%s`-$LOCAL_TZ"
-    for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+    for dataset in $SNAPSHOT_DATASETS; do
         if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
             echo zfs snapshot $ZFS_SNAPSHOT_OPTS $dataset@$snapshot_id
         else    
@@ -118,7 +134,7 @@ send_latest()
 {
     while read addr user ssh_port zroot; do
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
-        for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+        for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
             origin_snapshot=`get_latest_snapshot $dataset`
             if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then
                 echo zfs send $ZFS_SEND_OPTS $dataset@$origin_snapshot  \| \
@@ -138,7 +154,7 @@ send_increment()
 {
     while read addr user ssh_port zroot; do
         echo "=== $user@$addr $zroot ==="
-        for dataset in $GRAPH_DATASETS; do
+        for dataset in $SEND_DATASETS; do
             origin_snapshot=`get_latest_snapshot`
             remote_snapshot=`get_latest_remote_snapshot`
             if [ $BG_TEST_MODE = "TRUE" ]; then