diff --git a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
index f6aa7826624b16dbe452121c7e58f648332ca791..c03b7f3ea9510b6d39d3c67e30af8abe138102b8 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,35 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
   create_targetdir
   mkdir -p ${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE} 2>/dev/null
   mkdir -p ${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/seq 2>/dev/null
-  typeset -i iDbTotal=`_getDblist | wc -l`
+
+  local ARCHIVE_DIR2=${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/deleted_databases
+  test -d "${ARCHIVE_DIR2}" || mkdir -p ${ARCHIVE_DIR2} 2>/dev/null
+
+  echo
+  echo "    MOVE deleted databases into ${ARCHIVE_DIR2}"
+  echo
+
+  # get a list of current databases
+  dblist=/tmp/couch_list_${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}.txt
+  _getDblist > $dblist
+  ls -l $dblist
+
+  # detect deleted databases: 
+  for dumpfile in $( find ${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.couchdbdump.gz" )
+  do
+      dbname=$( basename $dumpfile | sed "s#\.couchdbdump\.gz##g" )
+        grep "^${dbname}" $dblist >/dev/null
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+              SEQFILE=${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/seq/__seq__${dbname}
+              echo "DELETED $dbname ... $( ls -l ${dumpfile} | cut -f 5- -d ' ' )"
+              mv ${dumpfile} ${ARCHIVE_DIR2}
+              rm -f ${SEQFILE}
+      fi
+  done
+  # done | tee /tmp/couch_archive_${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}.txt
+  echo
+
+  typeset -i iDbTotal=$( wc -l $dblist )
   typeset -i iDb=0
 
   echo
@@ -154,7 +182,7 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
   echo "      ARCHIVE ${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}"
   echo
 
-  for dbname in `_getDblist`
+  for dbname in $( cat $dblist )
   do
     iDb=$iDb+1
     echo -n "----- `date` ${COUCHDB_INSTANCE} -- $iDb of $iDbTotal - ${dbname} - "
@@ -195,7 +223,7 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
       echo
     fi
   done
-
+  rm -f $dblist
 }
 
 # ---------- RESTORE
@@ -206,7 +234,7 @@ function restoreByFile(){
   sMyfile=$1
   sMyDb=$2
   bFastMode=1
-    
+
   echo
   h2 "analyze dump $sMyfile"