diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/garbagecollector/GarbageCollectorExtractStep.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/garbagecollector/GarbageCollectorExtractStep.java
index 4c4830d5..3f4ee4c0 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/garbagecollector/GarbageCollectorExtractStep.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/processes/implementations/garbagecollector/GarbageCollectorExtractStep.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.time.Instant;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QQueryFilter;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.tables.query.QueryInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.streamedwithfrontend.ExtractViaQueryStep;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ValueUtils;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.collections.ListBuilder;
@@ -57,4 +58,15 @@ public class GarbageCollectorExtractStep extends ExtractViaQueryStep
       return super.getQueryFilter(runBackendStepInput);
    }
 
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   protected void customizeInputPreQuery(QueryInput queryInput)
+   {
+      queryInput.withQueryHint(QueryInput.QueryHint.POTENTIALLY_LARGE_NUMBER_OF_RESULTS);
+   }
+
 }