diff --git a/ikiwiki.yaml b/ikiwiki.yaml
index 3467f1e857914f126119e24704e3feb6073e2f03..949c2cbe6ad65eb8f270219a3297a154e01b9f8a 100644
--- a/ikiwiki.yaml
+++ b/ikiwiki.yaml
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ ENV: {}
 # regexp of normally excluded files to include
 include: ^\.htaccess$
 # regexp of files that should be skipped
-exclude: (?^i:(www|drafts))
+exclude: (?^i:(www|drafts|vendor))
 # specifies the characters that are allowed in source filenames
 wiki_file_chars: -[:alnum:]+/.:_
 # allow symlinks in the path leading to the srcdir (potentially insecure)
 allow_symlinks_before_srcdir: 0
 # cookie control
 cookiejar:
-  file: /home/rhatto/.ikiwiki/cookies
+  file: ~/file/blog/.ikiwiki/cookies
 # set custom user agent string for outbound HTTP requests e.g. when fetching aggregated RSS feeds
 useragent: ikiwiki/3.20141016.4