diff --git a/bundles/backup/files/backup_path_via_zfs b/bundles/backup/files/backup_path_via_zfs
index 3916a59..7374a76 100644
--- a/bundles/backup/files/backup_path_via_zfs
+++ b/bundles/backup/files/backup_path_via_zfs
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ zfs snap "$source_dataset@$new_bookmark"
 if zfs list -t bookmark -H -o name | grep "^$source_dataset#$bookmark_prefix" | wc -l | grep -q "^0$"
 then
   echo "INITIAL BACKUP"
-  zfs send -v "$source_dataset@$new_bookmark" | $ssh sudo zfs recv -F "$target_dataset"
+  # do in subshell, otherwise ctr+c will lead to 0 exitcode  
+  $(zfs send -v "$source_dataset@$new_bookmark" | $ssh sudo zfs recv -F "$target_dataset")
 else
   echo "INCREMENTAL BACKUP"
   last_bookmark=$(zfs list -t bookmark -H -o name | grep "^$source_dataset#$bookmark_prefix" | sort | tail -1 | cut -d '#' -f 2)
   [[ -z "$last_bookmark" ]] && echo "ERROR - last_bookmark is empty" && exit 98
-  zfs send -v -i "#$last_bookmark" "$source_dataset@$new_bookmark" | $ssh sudo zfs recv "$target_dataset"
+  $(zfs send -v -i "#$last_bookmark" "$source_dataset@$new_bookmark" | $ssh sudo zfs recv "$target_dataset")
 fi
 
 if [[ "$?" == "0" ]]