--- vm-zfs	2020-07-24 05:11:19.876980000 -0500
+++ vm-zfs	2020-07-24 05:11:52.630422000 -0500
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ 
         echo "Creating guest image, this may take some time..."
         zfs send -R "${VM_DS_ZFS_DATASET}/${_name}@${_snap}" > "${vm_dir}/images/${_filename}"
     else
-        _filename="${_uuid}.zfs.z"
+        _filename="${_uuid}.zfs.xz"
 
         config::core::get "_compress" "compress"
         config::core::get "_decompress" "decompress"