diff --git a/remote-backup b/remote-backup
index 6273e2b..5988956 100755
--- a/remote-backup
+++ b/remote-backup
@@ -189,8 +189,15 @@ rotateBackup() {
 # step 1: delete the oldest snapshot, if it exists:
 		if [ -d "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/daily.${MAX_ROTATE}" ]
 		then
-			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\tDeleting $SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/daily.${MAX_ROTATE}"
-			$RM -rf "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/daily.${MAX_ROTATE}"
+			origin="$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/daily.${MAX_ROTATE}"
+			dest="$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/delete.daily.${MAX_ROTATE}"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\tDeleting $origin"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\t\tMoving" \
+				"$origin to $dest"
+			$MV	"$origin" "$dest"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\t\tDeleting" \
+				"$dest"
+			$RM -rf "$dest" &
 		fi
 
 # step 2: shift the snapshots(s) back by one, if they exist
@@ -211,8 +218,15 @@ rotateBackup() {
 	then
 		if [ -d "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/weekly.${WEEK_KEEP}" ]
 		then
-			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\tDeleting $SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/weekly.${WEEK_KEEP}"
-			$RM -rf "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/weekly.${WEEK_KEEP}"
+			origin="$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/weekly.${WEEK_KEEP}"
+			dest="$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/delete.weekly.${WEEK_KEEP}"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\tDeleting $origin"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\t\tMoving" \
+				"$origin to $dest"
+			$MV	"$origin" "$dest"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\t\tDeleting" \
+				"$dest"
+			$RM -rf "$dest" &
 		fi
 		for (( backup_num=$WEEK_KEEP ; backup_num >= 0 ; backup_num-- ))
 		do
@@ -237,8 +251,15 @@ rotateBackup() {
 	then
 		if [ -d "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/monthly.${MONTH_KEEP}" ]
 		then
-			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\tDeleting $SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/monthly.${MONTH_KEEP}"
-			$RM -rf "$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/monthly.${MONTH_KEEP}"
+			origin="$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/monthly.${MONTH_KEEP}"
+			dest="$SNAPSHOT_RW/$NAME/delete.monthly.${MONTH_KEEP}"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\tDeleting $origin"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\t\tMoving" \
+				"$origin to $dest"
+			$MV	"$origin" "$dest"
+			echo -e "$(date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S)\t\t\tDeleting" \
+				"$dest"
+			$RM -rf "$dest" &
 		fi
 		for (( backup_num=$MONTH_KEEP ; backup_num >= 0 ; backup_num-- ))
 		do