diff --git a/config.gcfg b/config.gcfg
index 93382cb..a1bf16e 100644
--- a/config.gcfg
+++ b/config.gcfg
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
   nhdatlocation       = "/NetHack/dat/nhdat"
   recoverbinary       = "/NetHack/util/recover"
   sysconflocation     = "/NetHack/sys/unix/sysconf"
+  ttyreccache         = "10"
   sotwversion         = "1.1.7"
   sotwroot            = "/sotw"
+  sotwdumpcache       = "5"
   bootstrapdelay      = 1
 
 [redis]
diff --git a/deps/clean.sh b/deps/clean.sh
index 7c3ed6f..819a389 100755
--- a/deps/clean.sh
+++ b/deps/clean.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 HACKDIR=$1
 USERDIR=$2
+TTYRECCACHE=$3
+SOTWDUMPCACHE=$4
 
 ###
 # clean old ttyrecs
 ###
 cd /$HACKDIR/user/$USERDIR/ttyrec/
-ls -1tr | head -n -10 | xargs -d '\n' rm -f --
+ls -1tr | head -n -$TTYRECCACHE | xargs -d '\n' rm -f --
 
 
 ###
@@ -16,8 +18,9 @@ cd /$HACKDIR/user/$USERDIR/sotw/
 
 # there are always 4 symlinked files
 # leave 5 of the latest dumps
+DUMPFILES=$(expr $SOTWDUMPCACHE + 4)
 
-FILES=$(ls -1tr *.txt | head -n -9)
+FILES=$(ls -1tr *.txt | head -n -$DUMPFILES)
 
 for f in $FILES; do
   #test -h $f || echo "removing old file $f"
diff --git a/nethack-launcher/cleanup.go b/nethack-launcher/cleanup.go
index 12736f3..e1f81ac 100644
--- a/nethack-launcher/cleanup.go
+++ b/nethack-launcher/cleanup.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func runCleanup(username string) {
 	// non-symlinked .txt files in /<hackdir>/user/<username>/sotw/
 
 	// run cleanup file
-	out, err := exec.Command("/bin/clean.sh", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir, username).Output()
+	out, err := exec.Command("/bin/clean.sh", config.NethackLauncher.HackDir, username, config.NethackLauncher.TTYRecCache, config.NethackLauncher.SotwDumpCache).Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 	}
diff --git a/nethack-launcher/nethack-launcher.go b/nethack-launcher/nethack-launcher.go
index 891817f..ac2547e 100644
--- a/nethack-launcher/nethack-launcher.go
+++ b/nethack-launcher/nethack-launcher.go
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ type Config struct {
 		NhdatLocation   string
 		RecoverBinary   string
 		SysconfLocation string
+		TTYRecCache     string
 		SotwVersion     string
 		SotwRoot        string
+		SotwDumpCache   string
 		BootstrapDelay  time.Duration
 	}