diff --git a/generate-results.sh b/generate-results.sh
index e8926fa827..3d11f724ec 100755
--- a/generate-results.sh
+++ b/generate-results.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ LANG="" ls -1 */results/*/*.json \
     | sort \
     | while read -r file
 do
-    [ "${FIRST}" = "0" ] && echo -n ','
-    jq --compact-output ". += {\"source\": \"${file}\"}" "${file}" || echo "Error in $file" >&2
-    FIRST=0
+    if entry=$(jq --compact-output ". += {\"source\": \"${file}\"}" "${file}"); then
+        [ "${FIRST}" = "0" ] && echo -n ','
+        printf '%s\n' "$entry"
+        FIRST=0
+    else
+        echo "Error in $file — skipping" >&2
+    fi
 done >> data.generated.js.new
 echo '];' >> data.generated.js.new