diff --git a/gzexe.in b/gzexe.in

index 6c61183..cffa84e 100644

--- a/gzexe.in

+++ b/gzexe.in

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ for i do

   if test $decomp -eq 0; then

     (cat <<'EOF' &&

 #!/bin/sh

-skip=44

+skip=49

 tab='	'

 nl='

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ EOF

   else

     # decompression

-    skip=44

+    skip=49

     skip_line=`sed -e 1d -e 2q "$file"`

     case $skip_line in

     skip=[0-9] | skip=[0-9][0-9] | skip=[0-9][0-9][0-9])