diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2870b1c83b23fc79938c241ab950e2a149248e1d..f1167127ba102f41c16fadc05353b03048b7d6c5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-2009-10-25  Per Jonsson  <poj@minerva.lkpg.dravejk.net>
+2009-10-25  Per Jonsson  <poj@lysator.liu.se>
+
+	Minor fix in status the first time a task is backed up.
+	* backup-one-task: Do not run pruneing step the first time a task
+	is run. This removes an incorrect warning for task.
+
+2009-10-25  Per Jonsson  <poj@lysator.liu.se>
 
 	Updated the config for Lysator
 	* fetch-backup-work: Remove backups of lenin and kilauea. Fetch
diff --git a/backup-one-task b/backup-one-task
index 8559c1082575abfab5d91feb499ae60c48406c9b..7272061e1e8e1da9aaf2b50b68fdf25724caaa25 100755
--- a/backup-one-task
+++ b/backup-one-task
@@ -138,16 +138,19 @@ then
     then
 	AGE=`cat "$age"`
     fi
-    
-    echo -ne "${CLR}${msg}: removing increments older than $AGE"
-    $ss --status $disk $part "${msg}: removing increments older than $AGE"
 
-    /opt/LYSrdiff/bin/rdiff-backup \
-        --remove-older-than $AGE \
-        --null-separator \
-        --force \
-        -v 2 \
-        "$files" > "$rdiffcleanlogfile" 2>&1
+    if [ -d "$files" ]
+    then
+	echo -ne "${CLR}${msg}: removing increments older than $AGE"
+	$ss --status $disk $part "${msg}: removing increments older than $AGE"
+
+	/opt/LYSrdiff/bin/rdiff-backup \
+            --remove-older-than $AGE \
+            --null-separator \
+            --force \
+            -v 2 \
+            "$files" > "$rdiffcleanlogfile" 2>&1
+    fi
 fi
 
 if [ $only_prune = 1 ]