diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php b/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
index 1858ee0df..39bbb837c 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
@@ -809,24 +809,24 @@ class ProcessAdditional
     {
         $nzbPath = $this->_nzb->NZBPath($this->_release->guid);
         if ($nzbPath === false) {
-            $this->_echo('NZB not found for GUID: '.$this->_release->guid, 'warning');
+            $this->_echo('NZB not found for GUID: '.$this->_release->guid . ', deleting the release.', 'warning');
 
-            return $this->_decrementPasswordStatus();
+            Release::query()->where('guid', $this->_release->guid)->delete();
         }
 
         $nzbContents = Utility::unzipGzipFile($nzbPath);
         if (! $nzbContents) {
-            $this->_echo('NZB is empty or broken for GUID: '.$this->_release->guid, 'warning');
+            $this->_echo('NZB is empty or broken for GUID: '.$this->_release->guid. ', deleting the release.', 'warning');
 
-            return $this->_decrementPasswordStatus();
+            Release::query()->where('guid', $this->_release->guid)->delete();
         }
 
         // Get a list of files in the nzb.
         $this->_nzbContents = $this->_nzb->nzbFileList($nzbContents, ['no-file-key' => false, 'strip-count' => true]);
         if (\count($this->_nzbContents) === 0) {
-            $this->_echo('NZB is potentially broken for GUID: '.$this->_release->guid, 'warning');
+            $this->_echo('NZB is potentially broken for GUID: '.$this->_release->guid .'deleting the release.', 'warning');
 
-            return $this->_decrementPasswordStatus();
+            Release::query()->where('guid', $this->_release->guid)->delete();
         }
         // Sort keys.
         ksort($this->_nzbContents, SORT_NATURAL);
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 386dcd97f..4ff5371a5 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2019-03-14 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Delete releases that report missing, broken or empty nzbs on PPA stage
 	* Fix: Fix resetting groups in admin area
 	* Chg: Update package.json
 	* Chg: Load category and parent relations when querying db