diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index 8e154e697..e6a1f6664 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -1379,9 +1379,6 @@ def __purgeOutput():
     """
 
     if conf.purgeOutput and os.path.isdir(paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH):
-        infoMsg = "purging content of output directory ('%s')" % paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH
-        logger.info(infoMsg)
-
         purge(paths.SQLMAP_OUTPUT_PATH)
 
 def __setConfAttributes():
diff --git a/lib/core/purge.py b/lib/core/purge.py
index 1ec9b7e84..4917fa556 100644
--- a/lib/core/purge.py
+++ b/lib/core/purge.py
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ def purge(directory):
     Safely removes content from a given directory
     """
 
+    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
+        return
+
+    infoMsg = "purging content of directory ('%s'). Please wait. This could take a while..." % directory
+    logger.info(infoMsg)
+
     filepaths = []
     dirpaths = []
 
@@ -27,14 +33,14 @@ def purge(directory):
         dirpaths.extend([os.path.abspath(os.path.join(rootpath, _)) for _ in directories])
         filepaths.extend([os.path.abspath(os.path.join(rootpath, _)) for _ in filenames])
 
-    logger.info("changing file attributes...")
+    logger.debug("changing file attributes...")
     for filepath in filepaths:
         try:
             os.chmod(filepath, stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE)
         except:
             pass
 
-    logger.info("writing random data to files...")
+    logger.debug("writing random data to files...")
     for filepath in filepaths:
         try:
             filesize = os.path.getsize(filepath)
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ def purge(directory):
         except:
             pass
 
-    logger.info("truncating files...")
+    logger.debug("truncating files...")
     for filepath in filepaths:
         try:
             with open(filepath, 'w') as f:
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ def purge(directory):
         except:
             pass
 
-    logger.info("renaming filenames to random values...")
+    logger.debug("renaming filenames to random values...")
     for filepath in filepaths:
         try:
             os.rename(filepath, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filepath), "".join(random.sample(string.letters, random.randint(4, 8)))))
@@ -60,15 +66,13 @@ def purge(directory):
 
     dirpaths.sort(cmp = lambda x, y: y.count(os.path.sep) - x.count(os.path.sep))
 
-    logger.info("renaming directory names to random values...")
+    logger.debug("renaming directory names to random values...")
     for dirpath in dirpaths:
         try:
             os.rename(dirpath, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(dirpath), "".join(random.sample(string.letters, random.randint(4, 8)))))
         except:
             pass
 
-    logger.info("deleting the whole directory tree...")
+    logger.debug("deleting the whole directory tree...")
     os.chdir(os.path.join(directory, ".."))
     shutil.rmtree(directory)
-
-    logger.info("purging done")