diff --git a/src/bin/e_fm_op.c b/src/bin/e_fm_op.c
index fa8dc3c1f..b76c99f57 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_fm_op.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_fm_op.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,9 @@ _e_fm_op_destroy_atom(E_Fm_Op_Task *task)
    static int fd = -1;
    static char *buf = NULL;
    off_t pos, sz;
+// if we do this 7 times! we're    
+//   int cnt, overwrite_count = 7;
+   int cnt, overwrite_count = 1;
 
    if (fd == -1)
      {
@@ -1709,22 +1712,27 @@ _e_fm_op_destroy_atom(E_Fm_Op_Task *task)
        task->src.st.st_size = st2.st_size;
      }
 
-   if (lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, 0) == -1)
-     goto finish;
-
-   for (pos = 0; pos < task->src.st.st_size; pos += 65536)
+   for (cnt = 0; cnt < overwrite_count; cnt++)
      {
-        sz = 65536;
-        if ((task->src.st.st_size - pos) < sz) sz = task->src.st.st_size - pos;
-        if (_e_fm_op_random_buf(buf, sz) == -1) memset(buf, 0xff, sz);
-        if (write(fd, buf, sz) != sz)
+        if (lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, 0) == -1)
+          goto finish;
+        
+        for (pos = 0; pos < task->src.st.st_size; pos += 65536)
           {
-             fsync(fd);
-             goto finish;
+             sz = 65536;
+             if ((task->src.st.st_size - pos) < sz) sz = task->src.st.st_size - pos;
+             if (_e_fm_op_random_buf(buf, sz) == -1)
+               // alternate patterb between 0x00 and 0xff each round starting with 0xff
+               memset(buf, 0xff * ((cnt + 1) & 0x1), sz);
+             if (write(fd, buf, sz) != sz)
+               {
+                  fsync(fd);
+                  goto finish;
+               }
           }
+        if (fsync(fd) == -1)
+          goto finish;
      }
-   if (fsync(fd) == -1)
-     goto finish;
 
    task->dst.done++;
    _e_fm_op_update_progress_report_simple((double)task->dst.done/NB_PASS*100, "/dev/urandom", task->src.name);