diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 16a1a4d8..1a375692 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   [BUG FIXES]
 
   * Change name of d3 javascript file to force browser reload
+  * Make expire_nodes and expire_nodes_archive behave correctly
 
 2.038001 - 2018-01-02
 
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet/Node.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet/Node.pm
index 5c7e1920..a0e48826 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet/Node.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/DB/ResultSet/Node.pm
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ sub delete {
       return 0E0;
   }
   else {
+      foreach my $set (qw/
+        NodeMonitor
+        NodeWireless
+      /) {
+          $schema->resultset($set)->search(
+            { mac => { '-in' => $nodes->as_query }},
+          )->delete;
+      }
+
+      # now let DBIC do its thing
+      my @retval = ($self->next::method());
+
       # for node_ip and node_nbt *only* delete if there are no longer
       # any active nodes referencing the IP or NBT (hence 2nd IN clause).
       foreach my $set (qw/
@@ -132,17 +144,7 @@ sub delete {
         })->delete;
       }
 
-      foreach my $set (qw/
-        NodeMonitor
-        NodeWireless
-      /) {
-          $schema->resultset($set)->search(
-            { mac => { '-in' => $nodes->as_query }},
-          )->delete;
-      }
-
-      # now let DBIC do its thing
-      return $self->next::method();
+      return (wantarray ? @retval : $retval[0]);
   }
 }