diff --git a/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb b/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb
index 25c5bad33..1c7777a84 100644
--- a/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/delete_gbif_events_job.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ def perform(ids, options = {})
     end
 
     # delete event records from mysql
-    result = Events.where(id: ids).delete_all
-    Rails.logger.info("#{label}: #{result} event records deleted")
+    sql = ActiveRecord::Base.sanitize_sql_array(["DELETE FROM events WHERE id IN (?)", ids])
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql)
 
     # delete event documents from elasticsearch
     bulk_payload = ids.map { |id| { delete: { _index: index, _id: id } } }
-    response = Event.__elasticsearch__.client.bulk(body: bulk_payload)
-    Rails.logger.info("#{label}: #{response}")
+    Event.__elasticsearch__.client.bulk(body: bulk_payload)
   rescue => err
-    Rails.logger.error("#{label}: #{are.message}")
+    Rails.logger.error("#{label}: #{err.message}")
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 4fec93971..a8cae10b6 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -904,9 +904,7 @@ def self.loop_through_gbif_events(options)
 
         ids = response.results.map(&:_id).uniq
 
-        DeleteGbifEventsJob.perform_later(ids, options)
-
-        # Object.const_get(job_name).perform_later(ids, options)
+        Object.const_get(job_name).perform_later(ids, options)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/event.rake b/lib/tasks/event.rake
index d20925ea1..dd459ca21 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/event.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/event.rake
@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@ namespace :gbif_events do
   desc "delete gbif events"
   task delete_gbif_events: :environment do
     options = {
-      size: 5,
+      size: 1000,
       from_id: (ENV["FROM_ID"] || Event.minimum(:id)).to_i,
       until_id: (ENV["UNTIL_ID"] || Event.maximum(:id)).to_i,
       filter: {},
-      # query: "+subj.registrantId:datacite.gbif.gbif +relation_type_id:references -source_doi:(\"10.15468/QJGWBA\" OR \"10.35035/GDWQ-3V93\" OR \"10.15469/3XSWXB\" OR \"10.15469/UBP6QO\" OR \"10.35000/TEDB-QD70\" OR \"10.15469/2YMQOZ\")",
-      query: "+relation_type_id:is-authored-by",
+      query: "+subj.registrantId:datacite.gbif.gbif +relation_type_id:references -source_doi:(\"10.15468/QJGWBA\" OR \"10.35035/GDWQ-3V93\" OR \"10.15469/3XSWXB\" OR \"10.15469/UBP6QO\" OR \"10.35000/TEDB-QD70\" OR \"10.15469/2YMQOZ\")",
       label: "gbif_event_cleanup_#{Time.now.utc.strftime("%d%m%Y%H%M%S")}",
       job_name: "DeleteGbifEventsJob"
     }