diff --git a/duplicity-backup.sh b/duplicity-backup.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 1a093f9..ed82831
--- a/duplicity-backup.sh
+++ b/duplicity-backup.sh
@@ -401,6 +401,14 @@ get_remote_file_size()
   FRIENDLY_TYPE_NAME=""
   dest_type=`echo ${DEST} | cut -c 1,2`
   case $dest_type in
+    "ss")
+      TMPDEST="${DEST#*://*/}"
+      TMPDEST="${DEST%/${TMPDEST}}"
+      ssh_opt=`echo $STATIC_OPTIONS |awk -vo="--ssh-options=" '{s=index($0,o); if (s) {s=substr($0,s+length(o)); m=substr(s,0,1); for (i=2; i < length(s); i++) { if (substr(s,i,1) == m && substr(s,i-1,1) != "\\") break; } print substr(s,2,i-2)}}'`
+
+      SIZE=`${TMPDEST%://*} ${ssh_opt} ${TMPDEST#*//} du -hs ${DEST#${TMPDEST}/} | awk '{print $1}'` 2>> ${LOGFILE}
+      EMAIL_SUBJECT="$EMAIL_SUBJECT $SIZE `${TMPDEST%://*} ${ssh_opt} ${TMPDEST#*//} df -hP ${DEST#${TMPDEST}/} | awk '{tmp=$5 " used"}END{print tmp}'`" 2>> ${LOGFILE}
+    ;;
     "fi")
       FRIENDLY_TYPE_NAME="File"
       TMPDEST=`echo ${DEST} | cut -c 6-`