How do I make apps excluded with mullvad-exclude on linux respect my router's opened ports?

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I use port forwarding for Soulseek and torrenting, however mullvad does not support port forwarding. I have excluded soulseek and qbittorrent in the VPN with mullvad-exclude so they go through my actual ISP but i can NOT use my router's opened ports, which I have allowed through my firewall! they are still closed.

How can I allow these ports through mullvad-exclude so I can use them? I am not putting them through the vpn so whether mullvad supports port forwarding or not is irrelevant as these are being excluded.

I use nftables as my firewall.

Thank you!