diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/HealthCommand/compact.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/HealthCommand/compact.ts
index 356dc9f9..ee9ef46e 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/HealthCommand/compact.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/HealthCommand/compact.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,34 @@
-import { exec } from 'child_process'
+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
 import { globSync } from 'glob'
 import { DATA_ROOT } from '../../../../core'
 import { logger } from '../../../common/Logger'
 
 export const compact = async () => {
-  const { info } = logger()
+  const { info, error } = logger()
 
-  const files = [`data`, `logs`].flatMap((db) =>
-    globSync(`${DATA_ROOT()}/*/pb_data/${db}.db{-shm,-wal}`),
-  )
+  const files = [
+    ...new Set(
+      [`data`, `logs`].flatMap((db) =>
+        globSync(`${DATA_ROOT()}/*/pb_data/${db}.db{-shm,-wal}`).map((f) =>
+          f.replace(/-(?:shm|wal)$/, ''),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  ]
 
-  files.map(async (file) => {
-    info(`Compacting ${file}`)
-    exec(`sqlite3 ${file} ".tables"`)
+  info(`Compacting ${files.length} files`, { files })
+
+  files.forEach((file) => {
+    const { info, error } = logger().child(file)
+    const cmd = `sqlite3 ${file} ".tables"`
+    info(cmd)
+    try {
+      execSync(cmd)
+      info(`Finished compacting`)
+    } catch (e) {
+      error(`Error compacting`, e)
+    }
   })
+  // console.log('Compaction complete')
   info(`Compaction complete`)
 }