diff --git a/rclone.sh b/rclone.sh
index d6e0232..070ae48 100755
--- a/rclone.sh
+++ b/rclone.sh
@@ -26,15 +26,17 @@ function gzipVMbackups {
     
     # loop through VM backups and tar/gzip them to single file
     for dir in /mnt/data-pool/esxi/backups/*/*/; do
-    	# 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
-    	cd ${dir%/*/}
-    	# create the tar and pipe into pigz for multi-threaded gzip
-    	tar cf - "${base}" | pigz > "${dir%/}.gz"
-    	# if the tar/gzip was successful, delete the backup directory
-    	if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -f "${dir%/}.gz" ]; then
-    		rm -rf "${dir}"
+        if [ ! -z "$dir" ];
+        	# get the folder name of the backup
+        	base=$(basename "${dir}")
+        	# had to cd into the directoy since tar -C $dir was not working for me with relative path
+        	cd "${dir%/*/}"
+        	# create the tar and pipe into pigz for multi-threaded gzip
+        	tar cf - "${base}" | pigz > "${dir%/}.gz"
+        	# if the tar/gzip was successful, delete the backup directory
+        	if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -f "${dir%/}.gz" ]; then
+        		rm -rf "${dir}"
+            fi
         fi
     done
 }