diff --git a/contrib/kiss-export b/contrib/kiss-export
index 031b88e..57c9829 100755
--- a/contrib/kiss-export
+++ b/contrib/kiss-export
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ done < "$db/$pkg/manifest"
 
 cd "$KISS_ROOT/"
 
+dest="$OLDPWD/$pkg#$ver-$rel.tar.${KISS_COMPRESS:-gz}"
+
 tar cf - "$@" | case ${KISS_COMPRESS:-gz} in
     bz2)  bzip2 -z ;;
     gz)   gzip -6  ;;
@@ -26,6 +28,6 @@ tar cf - "$@" | case ${KISS_COMPRESS:-gz} in
     lz)   lzip -z  ;;
     xz)   xz -zT 0 ;;
     zst)  zstd -z  ;;
-esac > "$OLDPWD/$pkg#$ver-$rel.tar.${KISS_COMPRESS:-gz}"
+esac > "$dest"
 
-printf 'created %s\n' "$OLDPWD/$pkg#$ver-$rel.tar.${KISS_COMPRESS:-gz}"
+printf 'created %s\n' "$dest"