diff --git a/pkg/restic/backup.go b/pkg/restic/backup.go
index b327ff13d..4896ae4b1 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/backup.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/backup.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func (w *ResticWrapper) RunBackup(backupOption *BackupOptions) (*BackupOutput, e
 
 	// Backup all target directories
 	for _, dir := range backupOption.BackupDirs {
-		out, err := w.backup(dir, nil)
+		out, err := w.backup(dir, backupOption.Host, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/restic/commands.go b/pkg/restic/commands.go
index 9d9e7c6cf..0b2699517 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/commands.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/commands.go
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ func (w *ResticWrapper) initRepositoryIfAbsent() ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (w *ResticWrapper) backup(path string, tags []string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (w *ResticWrapper) backup(path, host string, tags []string) ([]byte, error) {
 	log.Infoln("Backing up target data")
 	args := []interface{}{"backup", path}
-	if w.config.Hostname != "" {
+	if host != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--host")
-		args = append(args, w.config.Hostname)
+		args = append(args, host)
 	}
 	// add tags if any
 	for _, tag := range tags {
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ func (w *ResticWrapper) restore(path, host, snapshotID string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	// Remove last part from the path.
 	// https://github.com/appscode/stash/issues/392
-	args = append(args, "--target")
-	args = append(args, filepath.Dir(path))
+	args = append(args, "--target", "/")
+	// args = append(args, filepath.Dir(path))
 
 	args = w.appendCacheDirFlag(args)
 	args = w.appendCaCertFlag(args)
diff --git a/pkg/restic/config.go b/pkg/restic/config.go
index 4cf2d1b07..2bce8f122 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/config.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/config.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package restic
 
 import (
-	v1beta1_api "github.com/appscode/stash/apis/stash/v1beta1"
 	shell "github.com/codeskyblue/go-sh"
 )
 
@@ -11,12 +10,15 @@ type ResticWrapper struct {
 }
 
 type BackupOptions struct {
+	Host       string
 	BackupDirs []string
 	Cleanup    CleanupOptions
 }
 
 type RestoreOptions struct {
-	Rules []v1beta1_api.Rule
+	Host        string
+	RestoreDirs []string
+	Snapshots   []string // when Snapshots are specified Host and RestoreDirs will not be used
 }
 
 type SetupOptions struct {
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ type SetupOptions struct {
 	CacertFile  string
 	ScratchDir  string
 	EnableCache bool
-	Hostname    string
 }
 
 type CleanupOptions struct {
diff --git a/pkg/restic/output.go b/pkg/restic/output.go
index fc6791916..87e655d32 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/output.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/output.go
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ type RestoreOutput struct {
 // WriteOutput write output of backup process into output.json file in the directory
 // specified by outputDir parameter
 func (out *BackupOutput) WriteOutput(fileName string) error {
-	jsonOuput, err := json.MarshalIndent(out, "", "  ")
+	jsonOutput, err := json.MarshalIndent(out, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Base(fileName), 0755); err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fileName), 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(fileName, jsonOuput, 0755); err != nil {
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(fileName, jsonOutput, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (out *RestoreOutput) WriteOutput(fileName string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Base(fileName), 0755); err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fileName), 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(fileName, jsonOuput, 0755); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/restic/restore.go b/pkg/restic/restore.go
index 6f3557cef..f5208f780 100644
--- a/pkg/restic/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restic/restore.go
@@ -4,40 +4,26 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/appscode/go/strings"
+	"github.com/appscode/stash/apis/stash/v1beta1"
 )
 
 func (w *ResticWrapper) RunRestore(restoreOptions RestoreOptions) (*RestoreOutput, error) {
 	// Start clock to measure total restore duration
 	startTime := time.Now()
-
 	restoreOutput := &RestoreOutput{}
 
-	// Restore data according to rules. Restore will proceed only for first matching rule.
-	for _, rule := range restoreOptions.Rules {
-		// Check if Hosts field is empty. Empty Hosts filed will match any host.
-		if len(rule.Hosts) == 0 || strings.Contains(rule.Hosts, w.config.Hostname) {
-			if len(rule.Snapshots) != 0 {
-				for _, snapshot := range rule.Snapshots {
-					// if snapshot is specified then host and path does not matter.
-					_, err := w.restore("", "", snapshot)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-				}
-			} else if len(rule.Paths) != 0 {
-				host := ""
-				if len(rule.Hosts) != 0 {
-					host = w.config.Hostname
-				}
-				for _, path := range rule.Paths {
-					_, err := w.restore(path, host, "")
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-				}
+	if len(restoreOptions.Snapshots) != 0 {
+		for _, snapshot := range restoreOptions.Snapshots {
+			// if snapshot is specified then host and path does not matter.
+			if _, err := w.restore("", "", snapshot); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	} else if len(restoreOptions.RestoreDirs) != 0 {
+		for _, path := range restoreOptions.RestoreDirs {
+			if _, err := w.restore(path, restoreOptions.Host, ""); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
-			// one rule is matched. so, stop rule matching.
-			break
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -47,3 +33,25 @@ func (w *ResticWrapper) RunRestore(restoreOptions RestoreOptions) (*RestoreOutpu
 
 	return restoreOutput, nil
 }
+
+// return first matching rule
+// if hosts is empty for any rule, it will match any hostname
+func RestoreOptionsForHost(hostname string, rules []v1beta1.Rule) RestoreOptions {
+	for _, rule := range rules {
+		if len(rule.Hosts) == 0 {
+			return RestoreOptions{
+				Host:        "",
+				RestoreDirs: rule.Paths,
+				Snapshots:   rule.Snapshots,
+			}
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(rule.Hosts, hostname) {
+			return RestoreOptions{
+				Host:        hostname,
+				RestoreDirs: rule.Paths,
+				Snapshots:   rule.Snapshots,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return RestoreOptions{}
+}