diff --git a/maven-meeper/src/bin/crontab.txt b/maven-meeper/src/bin/crontab.txt
index ed9890973..f07de1c4a 100644
--- a/maven-meeper/src/bin/crontab.txt
+++ b/maven-meeper/src/bin/crontab.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0  */4 * * * cd ~/components/maven-meeper/src/bin; ./synchronize.sh 2>&1 | tee $HOME/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/reports/sync/last-sync-results.txt
+0  */4 * * * cd ~/components/maven-meeper/src/bin; ./synchronize.sh
diff --git a/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh b/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh
index bc2011c3b..69776b564 100755
--- a/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh
+++ b/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ dir=`pwd`
 syncProperties=$dir/synchronize.properties
 
 MODE=$1
-
 PID=$$
+
+(
+
 RUNNING=`ps -ef | grep synchronize.sh | grep -v 'sh -c' | grep -v grep | grep -v $PID`
 if [ ! -z "$RUNNING" ]; then
   echo Sync already running... exiting
@@ -116,3 +118,5 @@ echo "Copying rewrite rules into place"
 cp $M1_M2_REWRITE_RULES $MAVEN1_REPO/.htaccess
     
 scp $M1_M2_REWRITE_RULES maven@login.ibiblio.org:/public/html/maven/.htaccess   
+
+) > $HOME/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/reports/sync/last-sync-results.txt 2>&1