diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f56525a..47a0fe1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ drift index /path/to/music
 
 Scans for tagged files, fetches similar artists and top tracks from Last.fm, and stores everything in a local SQLite database (`~/.local/share/drift/drift.db`).
 
+Stale tracks (files previously indexed but no longer on disk) are automatically removed.
+
 Flags:
-- `-v` — print progress
+- `-v` — print new artists indexed + summary
+- `-vv` — also print each track added/removed
+- `-vvv` — also print skipped artists
 - `-f` — re-index artists that were already indexed
 
 ### Build a playlist
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index ede036d..975a18d 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,23 @@ pub fn insert_track(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn get_tracks_in_directory(conn: &Connection, dir_prefix: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, rusqlite::Error> {
+    let pattern = format!("{dir_prefix}%");
+    let mut stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT path FROM tracks WHERE path LIKE ?1")?;
+    let rows = stmt.query_map([pattern], |row| row.get(0))?;
+    rows.collect()
+}
+
+pub fn delete_tracks(conn: &Connection, paths: &[String]) -> Result<usize, rusqlite::Error> {
+    let tx = conn.unchecked_transaction()?;
+    let mut deleted = 0;
+    for path in paths {
+        deleted += tx.execute("DELETE FROM tracks WHERE path = ?1", [path])?;
+    }
+    tx.commit()?;
+    Ok(deleted)
+}
+
 pub fn insert_artist_with_similar(
     conn: &Connection,
     mbid: &str,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 39b6f83..97c8423 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ mod mpd;
 mod playlist;
 mod tui;
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use rand::prelude::*;
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@ struct Cli {
 enum Command {
     /// Index a music directory
     Index {
-        /// Print progress
-        #[arg(short)]
-        verbose: bool,
+        /// Verbosity level (-v, -vv, -vvv)
+        #[arg(short, action = clap::ArgAction::Count)]
+        verbose: u8,
         /// Re-index already indexed artists
         #[arg(short)]
         force: bool,
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 }
 
-fn cmd_index(verbose: bool, force: bool, directory: &str) {
+fn cmd_index(verbose: u8, force: bool, directory: &str) {
     dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
 
     let api_key = env::var("LASTFM_API_KEY").unwrap_or_default();
@@ -120,9 +121,30 @@ fn cmd_index(verbose: bool, force: bool, directory: &str) {
 
     let conn = db::open(&db_path()).expect("failed to open database");
     let lastfm = lastfm::LastfmClient::new(api_key);
-    let dir = Path::new(directory);
 
-    for path in filesystem::walk_music_files(dir) {
+    let dir = std::fs::canonicalize(directory).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("Error: cannot resolve directory {directory}: {e}");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    });
+
+    let dir_prefix = format!("{}/", dir.display());
+
+    let mut stale_paths: HashSet<String> = match db::get_tracks_in_directory(&conn, &dir_prefix) {
+        Ok(paths) => paths.into_iter().collect(),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("DB error loading existing tracks: {e}");
+            HashSet::new()
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut artists_indexed: usize = 0;
+    let mut artists_skipped: usize = 0;
+    let mut tracks_added: usize = 0;
+
+    for path in filesystem::walk_music_files(&dir) {
+        let path_str = path.to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+        stale_paths.remove(&path_str);
+
         let tags = match metadata::read_tags(&path, &[
             metadata::Tag::ArtistMbid,
             metadata::Tag::TrackMbid,
@@ -152,7 +174,7 @@ fn cmd_index(verbose: bool, force: bool, directory: &str) {
         let display_name = artist_name.as_deref().unwrap_or(&artist_mbid);
 
         if !already_indexed || force {
-            if verbose {
+            if verbose >= 1 {
                 println!("Indexing {display_name}...");
             }
 
@@ -184,14 +206,50 @@ fn cmd_index(verbose: bool, force: bool, directory: &str) {
                     eprintln!("Last.fm top tracks error for {display_name}: {e}");
                 }
             }
-        } else if verbose {
-            println!("Skipping {display_name} (already indexed)");
+
+            artists_indexed += 1;
+        } else {
+            if verbose >= 3 {
+                println!("Skipping {display_name} (already indexed)");
+            }
+            artists_skipped += 1;
         }
 
-        let path_str = path.to_string_lossy();
         if let Err(e) = db::insert_track(&conn, &path_str, &artist_mbid, recording_mbid.as_deref(), track_title.as_deref()) {
             eprintln!("DB error inserting track {}: {e}", path.display());
+            continue;
         }
+        tracks_added += 1;
+
+        if verbose >= 2 {
+            let label = track_title.as_deref().unwrap_or(&path_str);
+            println!("  + {label}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Sweep stale tracks
+    let stale: Vec<String> = stale_paths.into_iter().collect();
+    let tracks_stale = if !stale.is_empty() {
+        if verbose >= 2 {
+            for p in &stale {
+                println!("  - {p}");
+            }
+        }
+        match db::delete_tracks(&conn, &stale) {
+            Ok(n) => n,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("DB error removing stale tracks: {e}");
+                0
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        0
+    };
+
+    if verbose >= 1 {
+        println!(
+            "Done: {artists_indexed} artists indexed, {artists_skipped} skipped, {tracks_added} tracks added, {tracks_stale} stale tracks removed"
+        );
     }
 }