diff --git a/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron b/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron
index 5da9b525e6..d6f65a1453 100644
--- a/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron
+++ b/roles/base/files/compress-log.cron
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+# Note % in the CMD is \n unless escaped:
+
 # Compress host log files daily.
 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
 
 # Compress this days log files from last month in fedora_stats.
 # NOTE: We stop on the 28th, the rest will be caught in the monthly.
-0 07  1-28 * * root /usr/bin/find "/mnt/fedora_stats/combined-http/$(date --date='1 Month ago' +%Y/%m/%d)" -type f -name "*.log" -print | xargs -r -n 1 -P 2 nice xz -1 > /dev/null
+0 07  1-28 * * root /usr/bin/find "/mnt/fedora_stats/combined-http/$(date --date='1 Month ago' +\%Y/\%m/\%d)" -type f -name "*.log" -print | xargs -r -n 1 -P 2 nice xz -1 > /dev/null
 # Compress entire month from _two_ months ago log files in fedora_stats.
 # NOTE: We don't do it on the 1st for an abundance of caution.
-0 08  8 * * root /usr/bin/find "/mnt/fedora_stats/combined-http/$(date --date='2 Month ago' +%Y/%m)" -type f -name "*.log" -print | xargs -r -n 1 -P 2 nice xz -1 > /dev/null
+0 08  8 * * root /usr/bin/find "/mnt/fedora_stats/combined-http/$(date --date='2 Month ago' +\%Y/\%m)" -type f -name "*.log" -print | xargs -r -n 1 -P 2 nice xz -1 > /dev/null