diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-clean b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-clean
index 345da94..aea79fb 100755
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-clean
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-clean
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sub profile_clean {
     my ($username) = @_;
     my @u = $db_users->get($username) || die("No user record for '$username'.");
 
-    system("find /var/lib/nethserver/home/$username -delete");
+    system("find /var/lib/nethserver/home/$username -delete") == 0 || die("Error cleaning up profile for $username. Exiting.");
 }
     
 
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-gui-clean b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-gui-clean
index de56b7c..34b55b2 100755
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-gui-clean
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/profile-gui-clean
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ sub profile_gui_clean {
 	".gconf",
 	".kde",
 	".gnome2",
-	".gnome2_private"
+	".gnome2_private",
+	".local"
     );
 
     foreach (@directories) {