diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 6f252f88f..a46af4ab6 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -8028,7 +8028,7 @@ sub create_save_ipsets() {
 
 		if ( @ipsets ) {
 		    emit '';
-		    emit( "    \$IPSET -S $_ >> >> \$file" ) for @ipsets;
+		    emit( "    \$IPSET -S $_ >> \$file" ) for @ipsets;
 		}
 
 		emit( '',
@@ -8060,7 +8060,7 @@ sub create_save_ipsets() {
 
 	    if ( @ipsets ) {
 		emit '';
-		emit( "    \$IPSET -S $_ >> >> \${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp" ) for @ipsets;
+		emit( "    \$IPSET -S $_ >> \${VARDIR}/ipsets.tmp" ) for @ipsets;
 	    }
 
 	    emit( '' ,