diff --git a/setup-scripts/blocklist-airtable.py b/setup-scripts/blocklist-airtable.py
index eb835955..ff169a46 100755
--- a/setup-scripts/blocklist-airtable.py
+++ b/setup-scripts/blocklist-airtable.py
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ async def block_skylinks_from_airtable():
         cached_files_count = int(exec('docker exec -it nginx bash -c "' + cached_files_command + ' | wc -l"') or 0)
         if cached_files_count:
             total_cached_files_count+= cached_files_count
-            exec('docker exec -it nginx bash -c "' + cached_files_command + ' | xargs rm"')
+            removed = int(exec('docker exec -it nginx bash -c "' + cached_files_command + ' | xargs -r rm -v | wc -l"'))
+            print(removed)
 
     if total_cached_files_count == 0:
         return print("No nginx cached files matching blocked skylinks were found")