diff --git a/plugins/localdump/sqlite.sh b/plugins/localdump/sqlite.sh
index 4898c49a8558e7a4cb45cb5af92c34c33073ad4a..b6bbb85af6558c0848229e4656b0a31d433aaf1f 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/sqlite.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/sqlite.sh
@@ -60,17 +60,9 @@ function doSqliteBackup(){
         # echo -n " to $TARGET "
         sqlite3 "$DATABASE_FILE" .dump >"${TARGET}"
         fetchrc >/dev/null
-        db._compressDumpfile "${TARGET}"
-
-        # $myrc is last returncode - set in fetchrc
-          if [ $myrc -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo -n "gzip ... "
-            compress_file "${TARGET}"
-            echo "$DATABASE_FILE" >"${META}"
-          # else
-          #   echo "ERROR occured - no gzip"
-          fi
-          ls -l ${TARGET}*
+        db._compressDumpfile "${TARGET}" && echo "$DATABASE_FILE" >"${META}"
+
+        ls -l ${TARGET}*
 
       fi
     fi