diff --git a/.config/zsh/functions/photoprep b/.config/zsh/functions/photoprep
index eb8718b..d5c9f90 100755
--- a/.config/zsh/functions/photoprep
+++ b/.config/zsh/functions/photoprep
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ for file in ${@}; do
 
     # write select EXIF data to temporary file
     exiftool -json ${file} | jq ${jq_filter} | grep -v null > ${exif_json}
-    magick -quality ${quality} ${file} -auto-orient -strip -resize ${size} ${newfile}
+    magick -quality ${quality} ${file} -auto-orient -strip -resize ${size}\> ${newfile}
     # add EXIF data to new (scrubbed) file
     exiftool -json=${exif_json} -quiet -overwrite_original ${newfile}
     rm ${exif_json}