diff --git a/janitor/clobberdir b/janitor/clobberdir
index 16b019e..832173c 100755
--- a/janitor/clobberdir
+++ b/janitor/clobberdir
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ trashdir = utils.getconfig("TRASH_DIR", ourconfig)
 for x in [clobberdir]:
     if os.path.exists(x) and os.path.exists(trashdir):
         if (os.stat(trashdir).st_dev == os.stat(x).st_dev):
-            trashdest = trashdir + "/" + str(int(time.time())) + '-'  + str(random.randrange(100, 100000, 2))
-            mkdir(trashdest)
-            subprocess.check_call(['mv', x, trashdest])
+            x_age = time.time() - os.path.getmtime(x)
+            if x_age > 60:
+                trashdest = trashdir + "/" + str(int(time.time())) + '-'  + str(random.randrange(100, 100000, 2))
+                mkdir(trashdest)
+                subprocess.check_call(['mv', x, trashdest])
+            else:
+                print("Not moving '%s' - age is only %s seconds. There may be another process using it" % (x, str(int(x_age))))
         else:
             subprocess.check_call(['rm', "-rf", x])