diff --git a/rclone.sh b/rclone.sh
index 070ae48..a89a1ad 100755
--- a/rclone.sh
+++ b/rclone.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function gzipVMbackups {
     
     # loop through VM backups and tar/gzip them to single file
     for dir in /mnt/data-pool/esxi/backups/*/*/; do
-        if [ ! -z "$dir" ];
+        if [ -n "$dir" ]; then
         	# get the folder name of the backup
         	base=$(basename "${dir}")
         	# had to cd into the directoy since tar -C $dir was not working for me with relative path