diff --git a/lib/tasks/prune_db.rake b/lib/tasks/prune_db.rake
index 58a690f..a1fac8a 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/prune_db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/prune_db.rake
@@ -5,23 +5,18 @@ namespace :prune_db do
   task(:invalidate_votes_with_bad_response_times => :environment) do
      badvotes = [] 
      #might want to optimize later to not start from the beginning each time
-     Vote.find_each(:batch_size => 1000, :include => :appearance) do |v|
+     STDOUT.sync = true
+     Vote.find_each(:batch_size => 10000, :include => :appearance) do |v|
         next if v.nil? || v.appearance.nil?
          server_response_time = v.created_at.to_f - v.appearance.created_at.to_f
 	 if v.time_viewed && v.time_viewed/1000 > server_response_time 
             badvotes << v
-	    puts "."
+	    print "."
 	 end
      end
      puts "\n"
 
      if badvotes.any?
-       puts "You are about to change #{badvotes.size} votes. Are you sure you want to proceed? (y/N)"
-       choice = $stdin.gets
-
-       unless choice.chomp.downcase == "y"
-	       return
-       end
 
        badvotes.each do |v|
           v.time_viewed = nil
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