diff --git a/lib/file/truncate b/lib/file/truncate
index 8528cb0..f1348dc 100755
--- a/lib/file/truncate
+++ b/lib/file/truncate
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fi;
 
 # (3) Check number of lines to truncate #
 if [ $2 -gt $(wc -l "$DATA_DIR/$1" | awk '{print $1}') ]; then
-	slog "Failure: asked to remove $2 lines out of $(wc -l "$DATA_DIR/$1") lines" "file:truncate" "update";
+	slog "Failure: asked to remove $2 lines out of `wc -l "$DATA_DIR/$1" | awk '{print $1}'` lines" "file:truncate" "update";
 	echo 130;
 	exit 130;
 fi;