diff --git a/office/.local/share/task/hooks/DISABLED.on-exit.sync-to-server-silent.py b/office/.local/share/task/hooks/DISABLED.on-exit.sync-to-server-silent.py
deleted file mode 100755
index f444c69..0000000
--- a/office/.local/share/task/hooks/DISABLED.on-exit.sync-to-server-silent.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-# From: https://gist.github.com/varunagrawal/2b93c5dc721520ff6876e940c420ab05
-# This hooks script syncs task warrior to the configured task server.
-# The on-exit event is triggered once, after all processing is complete.
-
-# Make sure hooks are enabled and this hook script is executable.
-# Run `task diag` for diagnostics on the hook.
-
-import sys
-import json
-import subprocess
-
-try:
-    tasks = json.loads(sys.stdin.readline())
-except:
-    # No input
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-# no tasks to work through, don't error
-if len(tasks) <= 0:
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-# Call the `sync` command
-# hooks=0 ensures that the sync command doesn't call the on-exit hook
-# verbose=nothing sets the verbosity to print nothing at all
-subprocess.Popen(["task", "rc.verbose=nothing", "rc.hooks=0", "sync"], close_fds=True)
-
-sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/office/.local/share/task/hooks/on-exit.git-backup b/office/.local/share/task/hooks/on-exit.git-backup
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eb4d96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/office/.local/share/task/hooks/on-exit.git-backup
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Automatically git commits, pushes and pulls if doable in the taskwarrior data directory
+#
+# Much of this taken from: https://github.com/mrschyte/taskwarrior-hooks/
+# with much gratitude
+#
+# The minimum amount of time required between 2 commits in seconds.
+# So only if the last commit is at least x seconds old will a new one
+# be created. Set to 0 to sync each taskwarrior change.
+MINIMUM_WAIT_TIME=600
+
+# Do not display status information.
+QUIET=true
+
+# Removes the tasks.json file after each run, keeping the
+# task directory clean.
+REMOVE_JSON=false
+
+if [ "${DISABLE_HOOKS}" = "true" ] || ! command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" != "api:2" ]; then
+    printf "Taskwarrior uses different data API version than git plugin. Aborting!" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+data_dir="$(echo "$5" | cut -f2 -d:)"
+command_run="$(echo "$3" | cut -f2 -d:)"
+
+if [ "$command_run" = "synchronize" ]; then
+    DISABLE_HOOKS=true env task sync
+
+    git -C "$data_dir" pull >/dev/null 2>&1
+    pull_ret="$?"
+    git -C "$data_dir" push >/dev/null 2>&1
+    push_ret="$?"
+    if [ "$pull_ret" -eq 0 ] && [ "$push_ret" -eq 0 ]; then
+    [ $QUIET = "true" ] || echo "Git upstream synchronized."
+    fi
+fi
+
+last_commit=$(git -C "$data_dir" log -1 --format="%at")
+# if now is not yet greater than last commit + wait time do nothing
+if [ "$(date "+%s")" -lt $((last_commit + MINIMUM_WAIT_TIME)) ]; then
+    # TODO: Implement DEBUG msg level (info/debug) system
+    # echo "Too early to check for changes, exiting."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# echo "EXPORTING TASKS"
+DISABLE_HOOKS=true env task export > "$data_dir/tasks.json"
+# after any command, if there's changes add and commit
+if ! git -C "$data_dir" diff --exit-code >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # echo "found changes"
+    # need to run to fully update tasks that just got done
+    DISABLE_HOOKS=true env task next >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+    header="auto: ${2##* }"
+    msg="full command: $2"
+    git -C "$data_dir" commit "$data_dir/tasks.json" -m "$header" -m "$msg" --no-gpg-sign >/dev/null 2>&1
+    [ $QUIET = "true" ] || echo "Backup up to git."
+fi
+[ "$REMOVE_JSON" = true ] && rm "$data_dir/tasks.json" >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/office/.local/share/task/hooks/on-exit.git-sync b/office/.local/share/task/hooks/on-exit.git-sync
deleted file mode 100755
index 9de25c4..0000000
--- a/office/.local/share/task/hooks/on-exit.git-sync
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Automatically git commits, pushes and pulls if doable in the taskwarrior data directory
-#
-# Much of this taken from: https://github.com/mrschyte/taskwarrior-hooks/
-# with much gratitude
-
-if [ "${DISABLE_HOOKS}" = "true" ] || ! command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    exit 0;
-fi
-
-if [ "$1" != "api:2" ]; then
-    printf "Taskwarrior uses different data API version than git plugin. Aborting!" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-data_dir="$(echo "$5" | cut -f2 -d:)"
-command_run="$(echo "$3" | cut -f2 -d:)"
-
-# after any command, if there's changes add and commit
-if ! git -C "$data_dir" diff --exit-code >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    # need to run to fully update tasks that just got done
-    DISABLE_HOOKS=true env task next >/dev/null 2>&1
-
-    header="auto: ${2##* }"
-    msg="full command: $2"
-    git -C "$data_dir" commit -a -m "$header" -m "$msg" --no-gpg-sign >/dev/null 2>&1
-fi
-
-if [ "$command_run" = "synchronize" ]; then
-    DISABLE_HOOKS=true env task sync
-
-    git -C "$data_dir" pull >/dev/null 2>&1
-    pull_ret="$?"
-    git -C "$data_dir" push >/dev/null 2>&1
-    push_ret="$?"
-    if [ "$pull_ret" -eq 0 ] && [ "$push_ret" -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo Git upstream synchronized.
-    fi
-fi