diff --git a/src/ftshelpers.cc b/src/ftshelpers.cc
index edf263ff..e147c337 100644
--- a/src/ftshelpers.cc
+++ b/src/ftshelpers.cc
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ void makeFTSIndex( BtreeIndexing::BtreeDictionary * dict, QAtomicInt & isCancell
     db.commit();
 
     db.compact( dict->ftsIndexName() );
-
+    auto totalLength = db.get_total_length();
+    qDebug() << "xapian database total length(compact):" << totalLength;
     db.close();
 
     Utils::Fs::removeDirectory( dict->ftsIndexName() + "_temp" );