diff --git a/log2ram b/log2ram
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 53a7341..535613b
--- a/log2ram
+++ b/log2ram
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ RAM_LOG=/var/log/
 LOG2RAM_LOG="${HDD_LOG}log2ram.log"
 SIZE=40M
 USE_RSYNC=false
+LOG_OUTPUT="tee -a $LOG2RAM_LOG"
 
 syncToDisk () {
     [ -d $HDD_LOG ] || echo "ERROR: $HDD_LOG doesn't exist!  Can't sync."
     [ -d $HDD_LOG ] || exit 1
 
     if [ "$USE_RSYNC" = true ]; then
-        rsync -aXWv --delete --links $RAM_LOG $HDD_LOG 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG2RAM_LOG
+        rsync -aXWv --delete --exclude log2ram.log --links $RAM_LOG $HDD_LOG 2>&1 | $LOG_OUTPUT
     else
-        cp -rfup $RAM_LOG -T $HDD_LOG 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG2RAM_LOG
+        cp -rfup $RAM_LOG -T $HDD_LOG 2>&1 | $LOG_OUTPUT
     fi
 }
 
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ syncFromDisk () {
     [ -d $HDD_LOG ] || exit 1
 
     if [ "$USE_RSYNC" = true ]; then
-        rsync -aXWv --delete --links $HDD_LOG $RAM_LOG 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG2RAM_LOG
+        rsync -aXWv --delete --exclude log2ram.log --links $HDD_LOG $RAM_LOG 2>&1 | $LOG_OUTPUT
     else
-        cp -rfup $HDD_LOG -T $RAM_LOG 2>&1 | tee -a $LOG2RAM_LOG
+        cp -rfup $HDD_LOG -T $RAM_LOG 2>&1 | $LOG_OUTPUT
     fi
 }