diff --git a/transfer.sh b/transfer.sh
index a8c9ad0e6b74ec86cf59bcdeb83c1ed46cee4e76..dd0c900a3884bfcb84d01839153ea468a4c2874a 100755
--- a/transfer.sh
+++ b/transfer.sh
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function _getFileAge(){
 function setAction(){
   local action=$1
   local myfile=$2
+  local doforce=$3
 
   local iLimit
   iLimit=$(_j_getvar ${STORAGEFILE} "${action}-after")
@@ -154,16 +155,21 @@ function setAction(){
     echo "Info: $action is ENABLED - no last $action detected"
     doValue=1
   else
-    typeset -i iLastDone
-    iLastDone=$( _getFileAge "${myfile}" )/60
-    typeset -i iLastDoneD=iLastDone/60/24
-    echo "Info: Last $action was $iLastDone min ago ($iLastDoneD days). Limit is $iLimit days."
-    if [ $iLastDoneD -ge $iLimit ]; then 
-      echo "Info: $action is ENABLED - last $action is outdated"
+    if [ "$doforce" -eq "1" ]; then
+      echo "Force $action"
       doValue=1
     else
-      echo "Info: $action is not needed yet."
-      doValue=0
+      typeset -i iLastDone
+      iLastDone=$( _getFileAge "${myfile}" )/60
+      typeset -i iLastDoneD=iLastDone/60/24
+      echo "Info: Last $action was $iLastDone min ago ($iLastDoneD days). Limit is $iLimit days."
+      if [ $iLastDoneD -ge $iLimit ]; then 
+        echo "Info: $action is ENABLED - last $action is outdated"
+        doValue=1
+      else
+        echo "Info: $action is not needed yet."
+        doValue=0
+      fi
     fi
   fi
 }
@@ -193,8 +199,8 @@ function setAction(){
 
   # set defaults for prune and verify
   echo ">>> Detect default behaviour:"
-  setAction "prune"  "$lastprunefile";  doPrune=$doValue
-  setAction "verify" "$lastverifyfile"; doVerify=$doValue
+  setAction "prune"  "$lastprunefile"  0;  doPrune=$doValue
+  setAction "verify" "$lastverifyfile" 0; doVerify=$doValue
   echo
 
   echo ">>> Check parameters"
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ function setAction(){
     echo "Info: Forcing prune only by parameter."
     ACTION=$1
     doBackup=0
-    doPrune=1
+    setAction "prune"  "$lastprunefile" 1;  doPrune=$doValue
     doVerify=0
     transferlog="${DIR_LOGS}/prune-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
   fi
@@ -214,6 +220,12 @@ function setAction(){
     doVerify=1
     transferlog="${DIR_LOGS}/verify-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
   fi
+
+  if [ "${doBackup}${doPrune}${doVerify}" = "000" ]; then
+    echo "Nothing to do. Aborting."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
   exec 1> >( tee -a "$transferlog" ) 2>&1
   echo "INFO: Start logging into $transferlog"