diff --git a/cron/clearextracts.php b/cron/clearextracts.php
index 25906c0..363f173 100644
--- a/cron/clearextracts.php
+++ b/cron/clearextracts.php
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ $projectRoot = dirname(dirname(__FILE__));
 require "{$projectRoot}/header.php";
 
 if ( $argc != 2 ) {
-    echo "Invalid number of days to keep\n";
-    exit();
+    $daysToKeep = 10;
+} else {
+    $daysToKeep = intval($argv[1]);
 }
-$daysToKeep = intval($argv[1]);
 
 $ed = $projectRoot . "/" . EXTRACTSDIR;
 $now = time();