diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c b/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c
index 8244227f44037b926be6a0a40e25ad55a7433c2a..33bbc4f003ca55219dda3fe0d048fe2a4d3902c3 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sexyz.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int send_files(char** fname, uint fnames)
 	uint		cps;
 	glob_t		g;
 	int			gi;
-	BOOL		success=TRUE;
+	BOOL		success=FALSE;
 	uint64_t	fsize;
 	uint64_t	sent_bytes;
 	uint64_t	total_bytes=0;