diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 7b83bec44..0035965b7 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     def destroy_orphans
-      find_orphans.destroy_all
+      STDOUT << "#{Time.now.utc} - Destroying orphaned contacts\n"
+      count = find_orphans.destroy_all.count
+      STDOUT << "#{Time.now.utc} - Successfully destroyed #{count} orphaned contacts\n"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
index 9d9d442b0..df14d77c3 100644
--- a/config/schedule.rb
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ every 10.minutes do
   runner 'ZonefileSetting.generate_zonefiles'
 end
 
-every 6.months, at: '1am' do
+every 2.minutes do
   runner 'Contact.destroy_orphans'
 end