diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 005d3ef..ccf7aec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ After that, you will find the final backup archive in `/home/john/backup-<HOSTNA
 You can also use `backup.sh` from a crontab rule:
 ```sh
 $> sudo crontab -e
-30 03 * * 6 EKEY=$(cat /home/john/.ekey) /usr/local/bin/backup.sh -b /usr/local/etc/sources.bk /home/john $EKEY
+30 03 * * 6 EKEY=$(cat /home/john/.ekey) bash -c '/usr/local/bin/backup.sh -b /usr/local/etc/sources.bk /home/john $EKEY' > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 373125e..fdd6c6d 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ extract_backup() {
     BACKUP_SH_ARCHIVE_PATH="$1"
     BACKUP_SH_ARCHIVE_PW="$2"
 
-    openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 -salt -d \
+    (openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -md sha512 -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 -salt -d \
         -in "$BACKUP_SH_ARCHIVE_PATH" \
-        -k  "$BACKUP_SH_ARCHIVE_PW" | tar xvz
+        -k  "$BACKUP_SH_ARCHIVE_PW" | tar xvz) > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+            || (echo "Unable to extract backup." && exit 1)
 }
 
 helper() {
diff --git a/backup.sh.1 b/backup.sh.1
index 8c72a90..b73d8ec 100644
--- a/backup.sh.1
+++ b/backup.sh.1
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ You can also use \f[B]backup.sh\f[R] from a crontab rule:
 .nf
 \f[C]
 $> sudo crontab -e
-30 03 * * 6 EKEY=$(cat /home/john/.ekey) /usr/local/bin/backup.sh -b /usr/local/etc/sources.bk /home/john $EKEY
+30 03 * * 6 EKEY=$(cat /home/john/.ekey) bash -c \[aq]/usr/local/bin/backup.sh -b /usr/local/etc/sources.bk /home/john $EKEY\[aq] > /dev/null 2>&1
 \f[R]
 .fi
 .PP
diff --git a/man.md b/man.md
index e898fd2..eb0bf88 100644
--- a/man.md
+++ b/man.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ You can also use **backup.sh** from a crontab rule:
 
 ```
 $> sudo crontab -e
-30 03 * * 6 EKEY=$(cat /home/john/.ekey) /usr/local/bin/backup.sh -b /usr/local/etc/sources.bk /home/john $EKEY
+30 03 * * 6 EKEY=$(cat /home/john/.ekey) bash -c '/usr/local/bin/backup.sh -b /usr/local/etc/sources.bk /home/john $EKEY' > /dev/null 2>&1
 ```
 
 This will automatically run **backup.sh** every Saturday morning at 03:30 AM.