diff --git a/salt/dom0/README.md b/salt/dom0/README.md
index 1c05799..ce3e63f 100644
--- a/salt/dom0/README.md
+++ b/salt/dom0/README.md
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ You may have noticed the desktop experience in Dom0 has enhanced. You are
 using KDE now. You can enforce domains to appear in certain activity with KWin
 rules, a tool `qubes-kde-win-rules` is provided to assist you.
 
-Qubes backup has also improved, you may use `qvm-backup --profile qusal`,
-the profile provided is an example. Use the tool `qvm-backup-find-last` to
-find the last Qubes Backup made locally to a qube or a remote system, this
-facilitates verifying the last backup made with `qvm-backup-restore
---verify-only`. An example is provided in /etc/qubes/backup/qusal.conf.
+Qubes backup has also improved, you have a profile provided as an example on
+how to do backups with native Qubes OS tools. Use the tool
+`qvm-backup-find-last` to find the last Qubes Backup made locally to a qube or
+a remote system, this facilitates verifying the last backup made with
+`qvm-backup-restore --verify-only`. An example is provided in
+`/etc/qubes/backup/qusal.conf.example`.
diff --git a/salt/dom0/backup.sls b/salt/dom0/backup.sls
index 521377e..012d79d 100644
--- a/salt/dom0/backup.sls
+++ b/salt/dom0/backup.sls
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 "{{ slsdotpath }}-backup-profile":
   file.managed:
-    - name: /etc/qubes/backup/qusal.conf
-    - source: salt://{{ slsdotpath }}/files/backup/qusal.conf
-    - mode: '0755'
+    - name: /etc/qubes/backup/qusal.conf.example
+    - source: salt://{{ slsdotpath }}/files/backup/qusal.conf.example
+    - mode: '0644'
     - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - replace: False
+    - group: qubes
+    - makedirs: True
diff --git a/salt/dom0/files/backup/qusal.conf b/salt/dom0/files/backup/qusal.conf.example
similarity index 100%
rename from salt/dom0/files/backup/qusal.conf
rename to salt/dom0/files/backup/qusal.conf.example