diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/ScheduledTasks.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/ScheduledTasks.java
index 814bc5ec..072709f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/ScheduledTasks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/ScheduledTasks.java
@@ -26,13 +26,22 @@ public class ScheduledTasks {
 	DatabaseCleaningService cleaner;
 
 	/**
-	 * clean old read statuses, runs every day at midnight
+	 * clean old read statuses
 	 */
-	@Schedule(hour = "0", persistent = false)
+	@Schedule(hour = "*", persistent = false)
 	private void cleanupOldStatuses() {
 		Date threshold = applicationSettingsService.getUnreadThreshold();
 		if (threshold != null) {
 			cleaner.cleanStatusesOlderThan(threshold);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * clean feeds without subscriptions, then clean contents without entries
+	 */
+	@Schedule(hour = "*", persistent = false)
+	private void cleanFeedsAndContents() {
+		cleaner.cleanFeedsWithoutSubscriptions();
+		cleaner.cleanContentsWithoutEntries();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
index e6b55150..7de4312a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ public class FeedDAO extends GenericDAO<Feed> {
 
 		List<Feed> list = q.getResultList();
 		int deleted = list.size();
-
 		delete(list);
 		return deleted;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryContentDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryContentDAO.java
index ebb25a4e..99f46e60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryContentDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedEntryContentDAO.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.commafeed.backend.dao;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.ejb.Stateless;
 import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.Join;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.model.FeedEntryContent_;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.FeedEntry_;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 
+@Stateless
 public class FeedEntryContentDAO extends GenericDAO<FeedEntryContent> {
 
 	public Long findExisting(String contentHash, String titleHash) {
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ public class FeedEntryContentDAO extends GenericDAO<FeedEntryContent> {
 
 		List<FeedEntryContent> list = q.getResultList();
 		int deleted = list.size();
+		delete(list);
 		return deleted;
 
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/DatabaseCleaningService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/DatabaseCleaningService.java
index 674df623..135e9b46 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/DatabaseCleaningService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/DatabaseCleaningService.java
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public class DatabaseCleaningService {
 		do {
 			deleted = feedEntryContentDAO.deleteWithoutEntries(10);
 			total += deleted;
-			log.info("removed {} feeds without subscriptions", total);
+			log.info("removed {} entries without feeds", total);
 		} while (deleted != 0);
-		log.info("cleanup done: {} feeds without subscriptions deleted", total);
+		log.info("cleanup done: {} entries without feeds deleted", total);
 		return total;
 	}