diff --git a/src/ssb.rpc.c b/src/ssb.rpc.c
index 2e077d73..b3121570 100644
--- a/src/ssb.rpc.c
+++ b/src/ssb.rpc.c
@@ -1213,6 +1213,13 @@ static void _tf_ssb_rpc_delete_blobs_work(uv_work_t* work)
 	{
 		tf_printf("prepare failed: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
 	}
+	int64_t checkpoint_start_ms = uv_hrtime();
+	int log = 0;
+	int checkpointed = 0;
+	if (sqlite3_wal_checkpoint_v2(db, NULL, SQLITE_CHECKPOINT_TRUNCATE, &log, &checkpointed) == SQLITE_OK)
+	{
+		tf_printf("Checkpointed %d frames in %d ms.  Log is now %d frames.\n", (int)((uv_hrtime() - checkpoint_start_ms) / 1000000LL), checkpointed, log);
+	}
 	tf_ssb_release_db_writer(ssb, db);
 	int64_t duration_ms = (uv_hrtime() - start_ns) / 1000000LL;
 	tf_printf("Deleted %d blobs in %d ms.\n", deleted, (int)duration_ms);