diff --git a/btrbk-cron b/btrbk-cron
index 52d8355..719ce08 100755
--- a/btrbk-cron
+++ b/btrbk-cron
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if [[ "${HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE}" = "true" ]] ; then
 fi
 echo
 echo "healthcheck notified! (start)" | tee -a "${LOGFILE}"
-nice -n 19 /usr/bin/ionice -c idle /usr/bin/btrbk -v --progress run >> "${LOGFILE}" 2>&1
+(nice -n 19 /usr/bin/ionice -c idle /usr/bin/btrbk -v --progress run 2>&1 || true) | tee -a "${LOGFILE}" 2>&1
 ret=$?
 if [[ "${ret}" -eq "0" ]]; then
   if [[ "${HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE}" = "true" ]] ; then