diff --git a/perl-script/user_cleanup.pl b/perl-script/user_cleanup.pl
index 4ada3bd..fe36505 100644
--- a/perl-script/user_cleanup.pl
+++ b/perl-script/user_cleanup.pl
@@ -6,15 +6,27 @@ use strict;
 my $fn;
 my $cmd_out;
 
+my $dn;
+my @hd;
+
+$dn = "/home/";
+    
+opendir MYDIR, $dn or die "could not open $dn";
+@hd = readdir MYDIR;
+closedir MYDIR;
+
+@hd = grep {!($_ =~ /^\..*$/)} @hd;
+
 $fn = "/tilde/lyadmin/user_list.txt";
 
 open FILE, "<", $fn or die "could not open $fn";
 
-$cmd_out = `ls /home`;
-chomp $cmd_out;
-
 while(<FILE>){
     chomp;
-    `userdel $_` unless($cmd_out =~ /$_/);
+
+    unless(exists( {map { $_ => 1} @hd}->{$_})){
+	printf("Deleting user %s\n", $_);
+	`userdel $_`;
+    }
 }
-close FILE;
+close FILE