diff --git a/release_version.txt b/release_version.txt
index b0bb878..85b7c69 100644
--- a/release_version.txt
+++ b/release_version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.5
+0.9.6
diff --git a/utils/prune_data.sh b/utils/prune_data.sh
index 977d07d..caaa84c 100755
--- a/utils/prune_data.sh
+++ b/utils/prune_data.sh
@@ -20,18 +20,27 @@ Settings[PruneDate]=$(date -d "${Days} days ago" '+%Y-%m-%d')
 src=${Settings[Src]}
 prune_date=${Settings[PruneDate]}
 
-echo Before Pruning....
-duf ${src}
 
 echo "Finding files older than ${prune_date}..."
 Cmd="find ${src} -type f ! -newermt \"${prune_date}\""
 echo ${Cmd}
 files=($(eval ${Cmd}))
+total_files= ${#files[*]}
+
+if [[ ${total} == 0 ]]
+then
+    echo "No files found to be pruned. Bye..."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo Before Pruning....
+duf ${src}
+
 echo "The following files will be removed:"
 echo "===================================="
 for f in $files ; do  echo $f; done
 echo "===================================="
-echo "Total files to be pruned: ${#files[*]}"
+echo "Total files to be pruned: ${total_files}"
 
 Cmd="${Cmd} -delete"
 echo ${Cmd}