diff --git a/src/server/text-garb.c b/src/server/text-garb.c
index b7e0a97db9d71d3087df7e1e9ed64c9c16c56873..24b508c99a0ee68520d33763739f3c8ef4137ed6 100644
--- a/src/server/text-garb.c
+++ b/src/server/text-garb.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Author: Per Cederqvist.
  */
 
-static char *rcsid = "$Id: text-garb.c,v 0.3 1991/08/28 02:20:36 ceder Exp $";
+static char *rcsid = "$Id: text-garb.c,v 0.4 1991/09/05 08:26:39 ceder Exp $";
 
 
 #include <time.h>
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ garb_text(void)
     if ( last_checked == 0 )
     {
 	log("MSG: garb ready. %lu texts deleted.\n", (u_long)deleted_texts);
+	deleted_texts = 0;
 	return FALSE;
     }