diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 494dbcb..e509290 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -208,4 +208,5 @@ test: ccollect.sh /tmp/ccollect
 
 test2: ccollect.sh /tmp/ccollect
 	cd ./conf/sources/; for s in *; do CCOLLECT_CONF=../ ../../ccollect.sh daily "$$s"; done
+	touch /tmp/ccollect/$$(ls /tmp/ccollect | head -n1).ccollect-marker
 	CCOLLECT_CONF=./conf ./ccollect.sh -a daily
diff --git a/ccollect.sh b/ccollect.sh
index 7747fcc..41411da 100755
--- a/ccollect.sh
+++ b/ccollect.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ delete_from_file()
    [ $# -eq 1 ] && suffix="$1" && shift
    while read to_remove; do
       set -- "$@" "${to_remove}"
-      if [ "$suffix" ]; then
+      if [ "${suffix}" ]; then
          to_remove_no_suffix="$(echo ${to_remove} | sed "s/$suffix\$//")"
          set -- "$@" "${to_remove_no_suffix}"
       fi