diff --git a/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas b/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas
index 17e5479b0..6aa56e563 100644
--- a/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas
+++ b/Aircraft/ufo/ufo.nas
@@ -787,8 +787,8 @@ var export_data = func {
 	var path = getprop("/sim/fg-home") ~ "/Export/ufo-model-export.xml";
 	var args = props.Node.new({ filename : path });
 	props.copy(modelmgr.get_data(), args.getNode("data/models", 1));
-	fgcommand("savexml", args);
-	print("model data exported to ", path);
+	if (fgcommand("savexml", args))
+		print("model data exported to ", path);
 }