diff --git a/mirror-wrapper b/mirror-wrapper
index c810829..d9de8a5 100755
--- a/mirror-wrapper
+++ b/mirror-wrapper
@@ -62,17 +62,19 @@ mkdir -p -m 750 "$LOGSDIR" 2>/dev/null || {
 "$COMMAND" "$@" >"$LOGSDIR/$LOGFILE" 2>&1
 ERR="$?"
 
-# Compress the log to save some space.
-xz -9 "$LOGSDIR/$LOGFILE" 2>/dev/null || printf "%s: %s\\n" "${0##*/}" "failed to compress '$LOGSDIR/$LOGFILE'" >&2
-
 # Tell the sysadmin what went on.
 if (( "$ERR" == 0 )); then
   # Only email a mirroring report if it's not the hourly Slackware tree only run.
   # The size of the log file determines if it gets emailed.
   (( $(stat --printf="%s" "$LOGSDIR/$LOGFILE") > MIN_LOGFILE_SIZE )) && notify "report"
-  exit "$?"
+  ERR="$?"
 else
   # Mirroring failed, tell the admin.
   notify "failure" || [[ -x /opt/bin/pushover-client ]] && /opt/bin/pushover-client "mirroring" -p -1 -s "Mirroring failure" -m "Check log in email"
-  exit 1
+  ERR="1"
 fi
+
+# Compress the log to save some space.
+xz -9 "$LOGSDIR/$LOGFILE" 2>/dev/null || printf "%s: %s\\n" "${0##*/}" "failed to compress '$LOGSDIR/$LOGFILE'" >&2
+
+exit "$ERR"