diff --git a/syncloop.sh b/syncloop.sh
index 314f733..35df2b6 100755
--- a/syncloop.sh
+++ b/syncloop.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ synccycle() {
   maxpulllimit=30
   while :
   do
-    if [ -f "$TMPQUEUEFILE" ]; then 
+    if [ -f "$TMPQUEUEFILE" ] || [ -f "$TMPQUEUEDELETES" ]; then 
       nqueue=$(wc -l < ${TMPQUEUEFILE})
       if [ $nqueue -gt 0 ]; then
         echo "${TMPQUEUEFILE} not empty syncing ${nqueue} actions from queue"