diff --git a/share/words.xml b/share/words.xml
index 2e3ac31c..73e7b71c 100644
--- a/share/words.xml
+++ b/share/words.xml
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ The output, if any, was;
 		<key name="error_0361">Unable to find the DRBD config from either node in the Anvil! with the Anvil! UUID: [#!variable!anvil_uuid!#]. Has scan_drbd (as part of scancore) run on either nodes?</key>
 		<key name="error_0362"><![CDATA[The level: [#!variable!level!#] is invalid. Please use '--level <critical,warning,notice,info>' to specify the alert level of the test message.]]></key>
 		<key name="error_0363">There are two or more entries on the host: [#!variable!host!#] in the history table: [#!variable!table!#]! The duplicate modidied_date and column UUID are: [#!variable!key!#] (time is UTC), and the query that exposed the dupplicate was: [#!variable!query!#]. This is likely caused by two database writes where the 'modified_date' wasn't updated between writes.</key>
+		<key name="error_0364">[ Error ] - There was a problem purging records. The details of the problem should be in the logs.</key>
 		
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diff --git a/tools/striker-purge-target b/tools/striker-purge-target
index a8aa636b..db2d0a05 100755
--- a/tools/striker-purge-target
+++ b/tools/striker-purge-target
@@ -295,7 +295,13 @@ WHERE
 	}
 	
 	# Commit.
-	$anvil->Database->write({query => $queries, source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__});
+	my $problem = $anvil->Database->write({query => $queries, source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__});
+	$anvil->Log->variables({source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__, level => 2, list => { problem => $problem }});
+	if ($problem)
+	{
+		$anvil->Log->entry({source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__, level => 0, 'print' => 1, priority => "err", key => "error_0364"});
+		$anvil->nice_exit({exit_code => 1});
+	}
 	
 	$vacuum = 1;
 	$anvil->Log->variables({source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__, level => 2, list => { vacuum => $vacuum }});
@@ -363,7 +369,13 @@ if ($anvil->data->{purge}{anvil_uuid})
 	}
 	
 	# Commit.
-	$anvil->Database->write({query => $queries, source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__});
+	my $problem = $anvil->Database->write({query => $queries, source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__});
+	$anvil->Log->variables({source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__, level => 2, list => { problem => $problem }});
+	if ($problem)
+	{
+		$anvil->Log->entry({source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__, level => 0, 'print' => 1, priority => "err", key => "error_0364"});
+		$anvil->nice_exit({exit_code => 1});
+	}
 	
 	$vacuum = 1;
 	$anvil->Log->variables({source => $THIS_FILE, line => __LINE__, level => 2, list => { vacuum => $vacuum }});