diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 6699195..db29666 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -1,31 +1,28 @@
+x-defaults: &defaults
+  image: alpine
+  volumes:
+    - "/Users/jthor/Obsidian/My Vault:/obsidian"
+    - "/Volumes/What/backup:/backup"
+x-backup-cmd: &backup-cmd
+  - tar czf /backup/obsidian-$(date +%F).tar.gz /obsidian
+
 steps:
-  - name: sanity-check
-    image: alpine
-    volumes:
-      - "/Users/jthor/Obsidian/My Vault:/obsidian"
-      - "/Volumes/What/backup:/backup"
+  sanity-check:
+    <<: *defaults
     commands:
       - echo "Listing mount points..."
       - ls -ld /obsidian /backup
       - ls -l /backup
 
-  - name: backup-on-push
-    image: alpine
-    volumes:
-      - "/Users/jthor/Obsidian/My Vault:/obsidian"
-      - "/Volumes/What/backup:/backup"
-    commands:
-      - tar czf /backup/obsidian-$(date +%F).tar.gz /obsidian
+  backup-on-push:
+    <<: *defaults
+    commands: *backup-cmd
     when:
       event: [ push, manual ]
 
-  - name: backup-on-cron
-    image: alpine
-    volumes:
-      - "/Users/jthor/Obsidian/My Vault:/obsidian"
-      - "/Volumes/What/backup:/backup"
-    commands:
-      - tar czf /backup/obsidian-$(date +%F).tar.gz /obsidian
+  backup-on-cron:
+    <<: *defaults
+    commands: *backup-cmd
     when:
       event: [ cron ]
       cron: nightly-backup