diff --git a/root/sbin/e-smith/expire-accounts b/root/sbin/e-smith/expire-accounts
index c5ddeeb..c9b054c 100644
--- a/root/sbin/e-smith/expire-accounts
+++ b/root/sbin/e-smith/expire-accounts
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ my $service = $c->get('ExpireAccounts') ||
 my $warn_delay        = $service->prop('WarningDelay')        || '30';
 my $recipient         = $service->prop('WarningRecipient')    || 'root';
 my $days_between_warn = $service->prop('DaysBetweenWarnings') || '5';
-my $archive_compress  = $service->prop('ArchiveCompression')  || '/usr/bin/pbzip2';
+my $archive_compress  = $service->prop('ArchiveCompression')  || '/usr/bin/xz';
 my $archive_path      = $service->prop('ArchivePath')         || '/home/e-smith/files/archives/users';
-my $archive_ext       = 'bz2';
+my $archive_ext       = 'xz';
 
 if ( !-x $archive_compress ){
   print "$archive_compress not found, switching back to the default /bin/gzip\n" if ($debug);