diff --git a/copy_files.sh b/copy_files.sh
index 8227df3..614ea47 100644
--- a/copy_files.sh
+++ b/copy_files.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ cd /mnt/beacon_data
 echo "Unpacking the data"
 tar -I zstd -xvf *.tar.zst
 
-echo "Deleting the tar.zst"
-rm *.tar.zst
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Deleting the tar.zst"
+    rm *.tar.zst
+else
+   echo "Tar command failed. Not deleting the tar.zst file."
+fi
 
 
 if [ -n "$DEBUG" ]; then