diff --git a/localdump.sh b/localdump.sh
index 88a9fced4f07c43d9a079d092a005014a7c4a802..745502c6d3bfc79132f0bf2d3f006f1a00ef30eb 100755
--- a/localdump.sh
+++ b/localdump.sh
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   # shared function in localdump_*
   # param  string  filename of uncompressed output file
   function compress_file(){
-    echo compressing $1 ...
+    echo -n compressing $1 ...
     gzip -9 -f "${1}"
     fetchrc
   }