diff --git a/cleanup-mastodon-users.sh b/cleanup-mastodon-users.sh
index 18c1036..665151c 100644
--- a/cleanup-mastodon-users.sh
+++ b/cleanup-mastodon-users.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 # UPPERLIMIT="'7 months'" or "'28 weeks'"
 # this defines the range of inactivity where users get notified
 # before the account will be deleted when UPPERLIMIT is surpassed.
-LOWERLIMIT="6 months"
-UPPERLIMIT="7 months"
+LOWERLIMIT="6 months" # all accounts below 6 months inactivity are safe, start notifiying them when >6 months
+UPPERLIMIT="7 months" # inactive accounts older than 7 months will be deactivated
+DELDELIMIT="1 year"   # all accounts not used within a year will get deleted
 
 TOOTCTL="~/live/bin/tootctl"
 
@@ -135,16 +136,18 @@ case ${mode} in
 		# the intention is that you can better judge how often you need to invoke the cron option
 		# or by increasing the limit_delete variable
 		# the backlog queue shouldn't pile up but also not run empty to fast to reduce the load
-		num_deactivated_total=$(psql -U ${DB_USER} -w -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -t ${DB_NAME} -c "select count(username) from accounts a, users u where disabled is true and a.id=u.account_id and current_sign_in_at > now()-'${UPPERLIMIT}'::interval and username not in ($sqlprotectedusers) limit ${limit_delete}" | tr -d " " )
+		num_deactivated_overgrace=$(psql -U ${DB_USER} -w -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -t ${DB_NAME} -c "select count(username) from accounts a, users u where disabled is true and a.id=u.account_id and current_sign_in_at < now()-'${DELDELIMIT}'::interval and username not in ($sqlprotectedusers)" | tr -d " " )
+		num_deactivated_total=$(psql -U ${DB_USER} -w -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -t ${DB_NAME} -c "select count(username) from accounts a, users u where disabled is true and a.id=u.account_id and username not in ($sqlprotectedusers)" | tr -d " " )
 		# when there is less then 1 user to delete (=0) then exit
-		if [ ${num_deactivated_total} -lt 1 ]; then
+		if [ ${num_deactivated_overgrace} -lt 1 ]; then
 			exit 0
 		fi
 		echo "==================================="
-		echo "Number deactivated accounts: ${num_deactivated_total}"
+		echo "Total deactivated accounts: ${num_deactivated_total}"
+		echo "Number deactivated accounts over grace: ${num_deactivated_overgrace}"
 		echo "Deleting this many accounts: ${limit_delete}"
 		echo "==================================="
-		for u in $(psql -U ${DB_USER} -w -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -t ${DB_NAME} -c "select concat(username||';'||display_name||';'||email||';'||to_char(a.created_at, 'YYYY-MM-DD')||';'||to_char(current_sign_in_at,'YYYY-MM-DD')) from accounts a, users u where disabled is true and a.id=u.account_id and current_sign_in_at > now()-'${UPPERLIMIT}'::interval and username not in ($sqlprotectedusers) order by current_sign_in_at limit ${limit_delete}" | tr -d " " ); do 
+		for u in $(psql -U ${DB_USER} -w -h ${DB_HOST} -p ${DB_PORT} -t ${DB_NAME} -c "select concat(username||';'||display_name||';'||email||';'||to_char(a.created_at, 'YYYY-MM-DD')||';'||to_char(current_sign_in_at,'YYYY-MM-DD')) from accounts a, users u where disabled is true and a.id=u.account_id and current_sign_in_at < now()-'${DELDELIMIT}'::interval and username not in ($sqlprotectedusers) order by current_sign_in_at limit ${limit_delete}" | tr -d " " ); do 
 			#echo ${u}
 			username=$(echo "${u}" | awk -F ";" '{print $1}')
 			dispname=$(echo "${u}" | awk -F ";" '{print $2}')