diff --git a/medicine-remd/backup_database.sh b/medicine-remd/backup_database.sh
index 13cd808..dffea83 100755
--- a/medicine-remd/backup_database.sh
+++ b/medicine-remd/backup_database.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ weekday_number=$(date +%u)
 weekday=$(date +%A | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 backup_filename="medicine_remd_${weekday_number}_${weekday}.sql"
 archive_filename="medicine_remd_${weekday_number}_${weekday}.tar.gz"
-docker exec -i medicine-stack-postgres pg_dump --no-owner -U postgres -F p medicine_remd > "${backup_filename}"
+docker exec -i medicine-stack-postgres pg_dump --no-owner -U postgres -F p medicine_remd > "${backup_filename}" \
+  --exclude-table-data=django_session \
+  --exclude-table-data=django_admin_log \
+  --exclude-table-data=django_celery_* \
+  --exclude-table-data=history_historylog
 
 if test -f "${archive_filename}"; then
   rm "${archive_filename}"