diff --git a/npbackup/core/runner.py b/npbackup/core/runner.py
index 613bcd0..3c5d780 100644
--- a/npbackup/core/runner.py
+++ b/npbackup/core/runner.py
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ class NPBackupRunner:
             self.minimum_backup_age = 1440
 
         self.restic_runner.verbose = self.verbose
-        self.restic_runner.dry_run = self.dry_run
         self.restic_runner.stdout = self.stdout
 
     @exec_timer
@@ -498,6 +497,7 @@ class NPBackupRunner:
                     )
                 )
 
+        self.restic_runner.dry_run = self.dry_run
         result, result_string = self.restic_runner.backup(
             paths=paths,
             exclude_patterns=exclude_patterns,
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ class NPBackupRunner:
             use_fs_snapshot=use_fs_snapshot,
             tags=tags,
             additional_parameters=additional_parameters,
-            dry_run=self.dry_run,
         )
         logger.debug("Restic output:\n{}".format(result_string))
         metric_writer(self.config_dict, result, result_string)
diff --git a/npbackup/restic_wrapper/__init__.py b/npbackup/restic_wrapper/__init__.py
index 0d4e81d..78ad826 100644
--- a/npbackup/restic_wrapper/__init__.py
+++ b/npbackup/restic_wrapper/__init__.py
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ class ResticRunner:
         start_time = datetime.utcnow()
         self._executor_finished = False
         _cmd = '"{}" {}{}'.format(self._binary, cmd, self.generic_arguments)
+        if self.dry_run:
+            _cmd += " --dry-run"
         logger.debug("Running command: [{}]".format(_cmd))
         self._make_env()
         if live_stream:
@@ -486,7 +488,6 @@ class ResticRunner:
         use_fs_snapshot: bool = False,
         tags: List[str] = [],
         one_file_system: bool = False,
-        dry_run: bool = False,
         additional_parameters: str = None,
     ) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
         """
@@ -524,8 +525,6 @@ class ResticRunner:
             tag = tag.strip()
             if tag:
                 cmd += " --tag {}".format(tag)
-        if dry_run:
-            cmd += " --dry-run"
         if additional_parameters:
             cmd += " {}".format(additional_parameters)
         result, output = self.executor(cmd, live_stream=True)