diff --git a/etherdump/commands/pull.py b/etherdump/commands/pull.py
index 9752ca5..6dc5445 100644
--- a/etherdump/commands/pull.py
+++ b/etherdump/commands/pull.py
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ use/prefer public interfaces ? (export functions)
 
 """
 
+def try_deleting (files):
+    for f in files:
+        try:
+            os.remove(f)
+        except OSError as e:
+            pass
+
 def main (args):
     p = ArgumentParser("Check for pads that have changed since last sync (according to .meta.json)")
     p.add_argument("padid", nargs="*", default=[])
@@ -59,13 +66,6 @@ def main (args):
     # maxmsglen = 0
     count = 0
     for i, padid in enumerate(padids):
-        # TODO...
-        """        
-Self-contained documents / and/or document receipts
-storing enough information to reconstruct (or understand an error occurred)
-    """
-
-
         if args.skip != None and i<args.skip:
             continue
         progressbar(i, numpads, padid)
@@ -143,16 +143,20 @@ storing enough information to reconstruct (or understand an error occurred)
 
         if args.all or args.text:
             text = getjson(info['apiurl']+'getText?'+urlencode(data))
-
-            ##ENFORCE NOPUBLISH MAGIC WORD
-            if args.nopublish and args.nopublish in text:
-                continue
-
             ver = {"type": "text"}
             versions.append(ver)
             ver["code"] = text["_code"]
             if text["_code"] == 200:
                 text = text['data']['text']
+
+                ##########################################
+                ## ENFORCE __NOPUBLISH__ MAGIC WORD
+                ##########################################
+                if args.nopublish and args.nopublish in text:
+                    # NEED TO PURGE ANY EXISTING DOCS
+                    try_deleting((p+".raw.txt",p+".raw.html",p+".diff.html",p+".meta.json"))
+                    continue
+
                 ver["path"] = p+".raw.txt"
                 ver["url"] = quote(ver["path"])
                 with open(ver["path"], "w") as f: