diff --git a/zlibs/imaging b/zlibs/imaging
index 4958769..5a7310e 100644
--- a/zlibs/imaging
+++ b/zlibs/imaging
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ image_pack_dist() {
 	}
 
 	_xz=(xz -zv)
-	[[ $(command -v pixz) ]] && _xz=pixz
+	[[ $(command -v pixz) ]] && _xz=(pixz)
 	notice "compressing image with $_xz"
 	silly
 	pushd $workdir
-	${_xz} "${image_name}.img"
+	${=_xz} "${image_name}.img"
 
 	notice "generating sha256 for ${image_name}.img.xz"
 	sha256sum ${image_name}.img.xz > ${image_name}.img.xz.sha