diff --git a/spsp b/spsp
index b66d03f61f84addba1b8e3dfcf78db029dec3faf..4dbfe602738ffe2bb4e4b6d66a51d4bd697082cd 100755
--- a/spsp
+++ b/spsp
@@ -437,9 +437,16 @@ autoMode() {
 
   for FILE in *.*; do
     if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
-      echo put "$FILE" | sftp -q -b- "${SFTP_URL}/$VIRUSES" 1>/dev/null 2>>"../../$ERRORLOGFILE"
-      ((SUCCESS = SUCCESS + 1))
-      echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.SUCCESS: $FILE has been successfully transferred to the remote server" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
+      echo put "$FILE" | sftp -b- "${SFTP_URL}/$VIRUSES" 2>>"../../$ERRORLOGFILE" 1>&2
+      if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+        ((SUCCESS = SUCCESS + 1))
+        echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.SUCCESS: $FILE has been successfully transferred to the remote server" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
+      else
+        ((ERRORS = ERRORS + 1))
+        ((STEP_ERRORS = STEP_ERRORS + 1))
+        echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.ERROR: sftp transfer of $FILE to ${SFTP_URL}/$VIRUSES failed" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
+        echo "[$(date +"%F %T")] local.ERROR: sftp transfer of $FILE to ${SFTP_URL}/$VIRUSES failed" >>"../../$ERRORLOGFILE"
+      fi
       if [[ "$*" == *--no-archive* ]] || [[ "$*" == *-NA* ]]; then
         rm -rf "$FILE"
         echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.SUCCESS: --NA activated, $FILE successfully removed" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
@@ -454,9 +461,16 @@ autoMode() {
 
   for FILE in *.*; do
     if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
-      echo put "$FILE" | sftp -q -b- -o LogLevel=QUIET "${SFTP_URL}/$BACTERIA" 1>/dev/null 2>>"../../$ERRORLOGFILE"
-      ((SUCCESS = SUCCESS + 1))
-      echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.SUCCESS: $FILE has been successfully transferred to the remote server" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
+      echo put "$FILE" | sftp -b- "${SFTP_URL}/$BACTERIA" 2>>"../../$ERRORLOGFILE" 1>&2
+      if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+        ((SUCCESS = SUCCESS + 1))
+        echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.SUCCESS: $FILE has been successfully transferred to the remote server" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
+      else
+        ((ERRORS = ERRORS + 1))
+        ((STEP_ERRORS = STEP_ERRORS + 1))
+        echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.ERROR: sftp transfer of $FILE to ${SFTP_URL}/$VIRUSES failed" >>"../../$LOGFILE"
+        echo "[$(date +"%F %T")] local.ERROR: sftp transfer of $FILE to ${SFTP_URL}/$VIRUSES failed" >>"../../$ERRORLOGFILE"
+      fi
       if [[ "$*" == *--no-archive* ]] || [[ "$*" == *-NA* ]]; then
         rm -rf "$FILE"
         echo "[$(date +"%T")] local.SUCCESS: --NA activated, $FILE successfully removed" >>"../../$LOGFILE"