diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index de5dd88..5b5f98f 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ HUBGREP_OLD_RUN_AGE=3600
 
 # max retries per crawler block before we ignore it
 HUBGREP_BLOCK_MAX_RETRIES=3
+
+# keep the data of the last finished hoster crawl in db - needed for manual csv export
+HUBGREP_KEEP_LAST_RUN_IN_DB=1
diff --git a/hubgrep_indexer/cli_blueprint/repos.py b/hubgrep_indexer/cli_blueprint/repos.py
index 56f5222..cdf32e7 100644
--- a/hubgrep_indexer/cli_blueprint/repos.py
+++ b/hubgrep_indexer/cli_blueprint/repos.py
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 @cli_bp.cli.command()
 @click.argument("hosting_service")
 def export_repos(hosting_service):
+    hosting_service_api_url = hosting_service
     hosting_service: HostingService = HostingService.query.filter_by(
-        api_url=hosting_service
+        api_url=hosting_service_api_url
     ).first()
 
     hosting_service.export_repos()
@@ -57,3 +58,19 @@ def prune_exports(keep, hosting_service=None):
         for export in old_exports_unified:
             print(f"deleting export {export}")
             export.delete_file()
+
+
+@cli_bp.cli.command(help="drop a hosting services 'finished' table")
+@click.argument("hosting_service")
+def drop_finished_run_table(hosting_service):
+    hosting_service_api_url = hosting_service
+    hosting_service: HostingService = HostingService.query.filter_by(
+        api_url=hosting_service_api_url
+    ).first()
+    if not hosting_service:
+        print('could not find hosting service!')
+        exit(1)
+
+    print(f"found {hosting_service}, dropping finished table")
+    hosting_service.drop_finished_run_table()
+
diff --git a/hubgrep_indexer/config/dotenv.py b/hubgrep_indexer/config/dotenv.py
index 6343c7c..79f2270 100644
--- a/hubgrep_indexer/config/dotenv.py
+++ b/hubgrep_indexer/config/dotenv.py
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ class DotEnvConfig(Config):
     LOGLEVEL = os.environ.get("HUBGREP_INDEXER_LOGLEVEL", "debug")
 
     BLOCK_MAX_RETRIES = int(os.environ.get("HUBGREP_BLOCK_MAX_RETRIES", 3))
+    KEEP_LAST_RUN_IN_DB = bool(int(os.environ.get("HUBGREP_KEEP_LAST_RUN_IN_DB", 1)))
diff --git a/hubgrep_indexer/config/testing.py b/hubgrep_indexer/config/testing.py
index 845a853..cfab9a3 100644
--- a/hubgrep_indexer/config/testing.py
+++ b/hubgrep_indexer/config/testing.py
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ class TestingConfig(Config):
     LOGIN_DISABLED = True
 
     BLOCK_MAX_RETRIES = 3
+    KEEP_LAST_RUN_IN_DB = 1
diff --git a/hubgrep_indexer/models/hosting_service.py b/hubgrep_indexer/models/hosting_service.py
index 25a768e..6550abf 100644
--- a/hubgrep_indexer/models/hosting_service.py
+++ b/hubgrep_indexer/models/hosting_service.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from hubgrep_indexer import db
 from hubgrep_indexer.models.export_meta import ExportMeta
 from hubgrep_indexer.models.repositories.abstract_repository import Repository
+from hubgrep_indexer.lib.table_helper import TableHelper
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -161,6 +162,16 @@ def handle_finished_run(self):
         repo_class.rotate(self)
         logger.debug(f"rotated repos for {self} - took {ts_rotate_start - time.time()}s")
         self.export_repos()
+        logger.debug(f"export for {self} finished")
+        if not current_app.config['KEEP_LAST_RUN_IN_DB']:
+            self.drop_finished_run_table()
+
+    def drop_finished_run_table(self):
+        logger.debug(f"dropping table for exported {self}")
+
+        target_table = Repository.get_finished_table_name(self)
+        with TableHelper._cursor() as cur:
+            TableHelper.drop_table(cur, target_table)
 
     @property
     def repos(self) -> ResultProxy: