diff --git a/jquery_update.module b/jquery_update.module
index 9e53f8a..81d9976 100644
--- a/jquery_update.module
+++ b/jquery_update.module
@@ -78,8 +78,21 @@ function jquery_update_theme_registry_alter(&$theme_registry) {
  * Replace Drupal core's jquery.js with the new one from jQuery Update module.
  */
 function jquery_update_preprocess_page(&$variables) {
+  // Make sure this path is not excluded from update.
+  $current_path = $_GET['q'];
+  $update_exceptions = variable_get('jquery_update_exception_paths', '');
+  $excluded = drupal_match_path($current_path, $update_exceptions);
+
+  // exclusions or inclusions?
+  $inclusion = intval(variable_get('jquery_update_exception_condition', 0) );
+  if ((($inclusion && $excluded) || (!$inclusion && !$excluded)) || (($excluded == '') || ($excluded == NULL))) {
+    $include = TRUE;
+  } else {
+    $include = FALSE;
+  }
+ 
   // Only do this for pages that have JavaScript on them.
-  if (!empty($variables['scripts'])) {
+  if (!empty($variables['scripts']) && $include) {
 
     // Perform the logic if either jQuery Update's jquery.js is newer than core's.
     if (variable_get('jquery_update_replace', TRUE)) {
@@ -175,7 +188,24 @@ function jquery_update_settings() {
     '#default_value' => variable_get('jquery_update_jquery_version', '1.3'),
     '#description' => t('Select which jQuery version branch to use.'),
   );
-
+  $form['jquery_update_exception_condition'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'radios',
+    '#options' => array(
+        '0' => t('DO NOT update jQuery on these pages'),
+        '1' => t('ONLY update jQuery on these pages'),
+      ),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('jquery_update_exception_condition', '0'),
+  );
+  $form['jquery_update_exception_paths'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'textarea',
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('jquery_update_exception_paths', ''),
+    '#description' => t("Enter one page per line as Drupal paths. The '*' character is a wildcard. Example paths are blog for the blog page and blog/* for every personal blog. <front> is the front page."),
+  );
+  $form['jquery_update_path'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'textarea',
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('jquery_update_path', 'admin/*'."\n". 'node/add'."\n". 'node/*/edit'),
+    '#description' => t('Specify the path to load jquery 1.3 instead of 1.7. Enter one page per line as Drupal paths. The * caharacter is a wildcard. Example paths are admin for the admin page and node/*/edit for node edit'),
+    );
   return system_settings_form($form);
 }
 
@@ -192,6 +222,13 @@ function jquery_update_jquery_path() {
 
   // Find the jQuery version to use.
   $version = variable_get('jquery_update_jquery_version', '1.3');
+
+  // jquery 1.7 won't work on some pages, so we restrict the path
+  $pattern = variable_get('jquery_update_path', 'admin/*'."\n".'node/add'."\n". 'node/*/edit');
+  $limit = drupal_match_path($_REQUEST['q'], $pattern);
+  if($limit == 1) {
+    $version = '1.3';
+  }
   $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'jquery_update') .'/replace/jquery/'. $version .'/';
   return $path . $jquery_file[$type];
 }