diff --git a/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron b/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron
index a4d5d8e251..772de58b4d 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron
+++ b/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0 06  * * * root /usr/bin/find /var/log/hosts -type f -name "*.log" -print | grep -v "$(date +'/%Y/%m/%d/')" | xargs -n1 xz -1 > /dev/null
+0 06  * * * root /usr/bin/find /var/log/hosts -type f -name "*.log" -print | grep -v "$(date +'/\%Y/\%m/\%d/')" | xargs -r -n1 xz -1 > /dev/null