diff --git a/bin/dynamo-backup-to-s3 b/bin/dynamo-backup-to-s3
index d06b72b..432c7ba 100755
--- a/bin/dynamo-backup-to-s3
+++ b/bin/dynamo-backup-to-s3
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ program
     .option('--aws-key <key>', 'AWS access key. Will use AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID env var if --aws-key not set')
     .option('--aws-secret <secret>', 'AWS secret key. Will use AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY env var if --aws-secret not set')
     .option('--aws-region <region>', 'AWS region. Will use AWS_DEFAULT_REGION env var if --aws-region not set')
+    .option('--strip-fields <list>', 'exclue these fields in the bakup', list)
+    .option('-g, --global-table', 'specify if global table, will strip aws fields from backup')
     .parse(process.argv);
 
 // run program
@@ -46,9 +48,12 @@ var dynamoBackup = new DynamoBackup({
     readPercentage: program.readPercentage,
     stopOnFailure: program.stopOnFailure,
     base64Binary: program.base64EncodeBinary,
+    stripFields: program.stripFields,
+    globalTable: program.globalTable,
     saveDataPipelineFormat: program.saveDataPipelineFormat
 });
 
+
 dynamoBackup.on('error', function(data) {
     console.log('Error backing up ' + data.tableName);
     console.log(data.error);
@@ -68,7 +73,13 @@ dynamoBackup.on('end-backup', function(tableName) {
     console.log('Done copying table ' + tableName + '. Took ' + endTime.diff(startTime, 'minutes', true).toFixed(2) + ' minutes');
 });
 
-dynamoBackup.backupAllTables(function() {
-    console.log('Finished backing up DynamoDB');
+dynamoBackup.backupAllTables(function(err) {
+    if(err){
+        console.log("Error "+ err);
+    }
+    else{
+      console.log('Finished backing up DynamoDB');
+    }
     process.exit(0);
-});
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+});
+
diff --git a/lib/dynamo-backup.js b/lib/dynamo-backup.js
index a81e469..cfdea39 100644
--- a/lib/dynamo-backup.js
+++ b/lib/dynamo-backup.js
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ function DynamoBackup(options) {
     this.awsSecretKey = options.awsSecretKey;
     this.awsRegion = options.awsRegion;
     this.debug = Boolean(options.debug);
+    this.stripFields = options.stripFields || [];
+    this.globalTable = options.globalTable || false;
+
+    if(this.globalTable){
+        var awsFields = ['aws:rep:updateregion', 'aws:rep:deleting', 'aws:rep:updatetime'];
+        this.stripFields = _.union(awsFields, this.stripFields);
+    }
 
     if (this.awsRegion) {
         params.region = this.awsRegion;
@@ -89,7 +96,12 @@ DynamoBackup.prototype.backupTable = function (tableName, backupPath, callback)
         tableName,
         function (items) {
             items.forEach(function (item) {
-                if (self.base64Binary) {
+        	
+                 self.stripFields.forEach(function(key) {
+                     delete item[key]
+		 });
+		
+	        if (self.base64Binary) {
                     _.each(item, function (value, key) {
                         if (value && value.B) {
                             value.B = new Buffer(value.B).toString('base64');
@@ -259,4 +271,4 @@ DynamoBackup.prototype._getDataPipelineAttributeValueKey = function (type) {
     }
 };
 
-module.exports = DynamoBackup;
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+module.exports = DynamoBackup;