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])