diff --git a/borgbackup.sh b/borgbackup.sh
index 29deac3..0cef357 100644
--- a/borgbackup.sh
+++ b/borgbackup.sh
@@ -180,7 +180,11 @@ borg_info() {
 # Borg-Sicherungen aufräumen
 # Anzahl der Sicherungen wird in $BORG_PRUNING festgelegt
 borg_prune() {
-	$BORG prune -v --list $BORG_PRUNING "$BORG_REPO"
+   echo "Bereinige das Backup-Repository..."
+   $BORG prune -v --list $BORG_PRUNING "$BORG_REPO"
+   echo "Compactiere das Backup-Repository..."
+   # Borg compact command is used to reduce the size of the repository by removing unused data.
+   $BORG compact "$BORG_REPO" 
 }
 
 # auflisten von Borg-Sicherungen