diff --git a/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoRealDB.js b/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoRealDB.js
index 4db869216..ba329aa34 100644
--- a/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoRealDB.js
+++ b/bin/migrateDirtyDBtoRealDB.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require("ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/npm").load({}, function(er,npm) {
 
 
   var settings = require("ep_etherpad-lite/node/utils/Settings");
-  var dirty = require("../src/node_modules/dirty")('var/dirty.db');
+  var dirty = require("../src/node_modules/dirty");
   var ueberDB = require("../src/node_modules/ueberdb2");
   var log4js = require("../src/node_modules/log4js");
   var dbWrapperSettings = {
@@ -19,25 +19,31 @@ require("ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/npm").load({}, function(er,npm) {
     "writeInterval": 0    // Write directly to the database, don't buffer
   };
   var db = new ueberDB.database(settings.dbType, settings.dbSettings, dbWrapperSettings, log4js.getLogger("ueberDB"));
+  var i = 0;
+  var length = 0;
 
   db.init(function() {
     console.log("Waiting for dirtyDB to parse its file.");
-    dirty.on("load", function(length) {
-      console.log("Loaded " + length + " records, processing now.");
-      var remaining = length;
-      dirty.forEach(function(key, value) {
-        db.set(key, value, function(error) {
-          if (typeof error != 'undefined') {
-            console.log("Unexpected result handling: ", key, value, " was: ", error);
-          }
-          remaining -= 1;
-          var oldremaining = remaining;
-          if ((oldremaining % 100) == 0) {
-            console.log("Records not yet flushed to database: ", remaining);
-          }
-        });
+    dirty = dirty('var/dirty.db').on("load", function() {
+      dirty.forEach(function(){
+        length++;
+      });
+      console.log(`Found ${length} records, processing now.`);
+
+      dirty.forEach(async function(key, value) {
+        let error = await db.set(key, value);
+        console.log(`Wrote record ${i}`);
+        i++;
+
+        if (i === length) {
+          console.log("finished, just clearing up for a bit...");
+          setTimeout(function() {
+            process.exit(0);
+          }, 5000);
+        }
       });
       console.log("Please wait for all records to flush to database, then kill this process.");
     });
+    console.log("done?")
   });
 });