diff --git a/roles/pdns4-logs-conf/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/pdns4-logs-conf/tasks/main.yaml
index f0d5fa52f..716274d32 100644
--- a/roles/pdns4-logs-conf/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/pdns4-logs-conf/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
   become: true
   shell:
     cmd: |
-      journalctl -o short-precise --unit pdns | gzip - > {{ stage_dir }}/logs/pdns.txt.gz
+      journalctl -o short-precise --unit pdns > {{ stage_dir }}/logs/pdns.txt.gz