diff --git a/btrbk b/btrbk
index 910cfe6..990c73b 100755
--- a/btrbk
+++ b/btrbk
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ my %config_options = (
   snapshot_preserve_min       => { default => "all",     accept => [ "all", "latest" ], accept_regexp => qr/^[1-9][0-9]*[hdwmy]$/, context => [ "root", "volume", "subvolume" ], },
   target_preserve             => { default => undef,     accept => [ "no" ], accept_preserve_matrix => 1 },
   target_preserve_min         => { default => "all",     accept => [ "all", "latest", "no" ], accept_regexp => qr/^[0-9]+[hdwmy]$/ },
-  archive_preserve            => { default => undef,     accept => [ "no" ], accept_preserve_matrix => 1 },
-  archive_preserve_min        => { default => "all",     accept => [ "all", "latest", "no" ], accept_regexp => qr/^[0-9]+[hdwmy]$/ },
+  archive_preserve            => { default => undef,     accept => [ "no" ], accept_preserve_matrix => 1, context => [ "root" ] },
+  archive_preserve_min        => { default => "all",     accept => [ "all", "latest", "no" ], accept_regexp => qr/^[0-9]+[hdwmy]$/, context => [ "root" ] },
   btrfs_commit_delete         => { default => undef,     accept => [ "after", "each", "no" ] },
   ssh_identity                => { default => undef,     accept_file => { absolute => 1 } },
   ssh_user                    => { default => "root",    accept_regexp => qr/^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*$/ },