diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 5be2597..1bac4e9 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <addon id="script.xbmcbackup"
-    name="XBMC Backup" version="0.4.6" provider-name="robweber">
+    name="XBMC Backup" version="0.4.7" provider-name="robweber">
   <requires>
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.1.0"/>
   </requires>
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 04a6c65..9b2e7dd 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 0.4.7
+
+fixed critical error in backup rotation
+
 Version 0.4.6
 
 modified backup folder names to include time, also modified display listing
diff --git a/resources/lib/backup.py b/resources/lib/backup.py
index db0ce73..ea2d90d 100644
--- a/resources/lib/backup.py
+++ b/resources/lib/backup.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class XbmcBackup:
                 self.filesTotal = self.filesTotal + remove_num + 1
 
                 #update the progress bar if it is available
-                while(remove_num < total_backups and not self._checkCancel()):
+                while(remove_num < (len(dirs) - total_backups) and not self._checkCancel()):
                     self._updateProgress(utils.getString(30054) + " " + dirs[remove_num][1])
                     utils.log("Removing backup " + dirs[remove_num][0])
                     self.remote_vfs.rmdir(self.remote_base_path + dirs[remove_num][0] + "/")