diff --git a/exe/solr_wrapper b/exe/solr_wrapper
index 3363757..9daf731 100755
--- a/exe/solr_wrapper
+++ b/exe/solr_wrapper
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ options = {}
 collection_options = {}
 subtext = <<HELP
 Commonly used command are:
-   clean :     cleans all data from solr and configures a clean instance based on configuration options
-   dir   :     prints the solr instance dir
+   clean  :    stop and clean data from solr, then create a new instance
+   purge  :    as in 'clean', but this also removes solr download files
+   dir    :    prints the solr instance dir
+   status :    information about running solr cores
+   stop   :    stop a running solr core
 See 'solr_wrapper COMMAND --help' for more information on a specific command.
 HELP
 
@@ -73,12 +76,21 @@ end
 
 
 subcommands = {
-    'clean' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
-      opts.banner = "Usage: clean"
-    end,
-    'dir' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
-      opts.banner = "Usage: dir"
-    end,
+  'clean' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
+    opts.banner = "Usage: clean"
+  end,
+  'purge' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
+    opts.banner = "Usage: purge"
+  end,
+  'dir' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
+    opts.banner = "Usage: dir"
+  end,
+  'status' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
+    opts.banner = "Usage: status"
+  end,
+  'stop' => OptionParser.new do |opts|
+    opts.banner = "Usage: stop"
+  end,
 }
 
 
@@ -100,14 +112,17 @@ instance = SolrWrapper.instance(options)
 
 case command
 when 'clean'
-  if instance.started?
-    $stderr.puts "Please stop solr before cleaning"
-    exit 1
-  end
-  $stderr.puts "cleaning #{instance.instance_dir}..."
-  instance.remove_instance_dir!
+  $stderr.puts "cleaning solr instance: #{instance.instance_dir} ..."
+  instance.clean!
+when 'purge'
+  $stderr.puts "cleaning solr downloads and solr instance: #{instance.instance_dir} ..."
+  instance.clean!(clean_downloads: true)
 when 'dir'
   puts instance.instance_dir
+when 'status'
+  puts instance.status_info
+when 'stop'
+  instance.stop
 else
   $stderr.print "Starting Solr #{instance.version} on port #{instance.port} ... "
   instance.wrap do |conn|
diff --git a/lib/solr_wrapper/instance.rb b/lib/solr_wrapper/instance.rb
index 770dd52..fd991c4 100644
--- a/lib/solr_wrapper/instance.rb
+++ b/lib/solr_wrapper/instance.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def start
         exec('start', p: port, c: config.cloud)
 
         # Wait for solr to start
-        unless status
+        unless started?
           sleep config.poll_interval
         end
 
@@ -101,22 +101,32 @@ def restart
     end
 
     ##
-    # Check the status of a managed Solr service
-    def status
-      return true unless config.managed?
+    # Is Solr running?
+    def started?
+      status_info.include? "running on port #{port}"
+    end
 
-      out = exec('status').read
-      out =~ /running on port #{port}/
-    rescue
-      false
+    ##
+    # Check the status of a Solr service
+    alias status started?
+
+    ##
+    # Get the status information for a Solr service
+    def status_info
+      exec('status').read
+    rescue => err
+      [
+        'No status information available',
+        "message: #{err.message}",
+        "stack trace: #{err.backtrace}"
+      ].join("\n")
     end
 
     def pid
       return unless config.managed?
 
       @pid ||= begin
-        out = exec('status').read
-        out.match(/process (?<pid>\d+) running on port #{port}/) do |m|
+        status_info.match(/process (?<pid>\d+) running on port #{port}/) do |m|
           m[:pid].to_i
         end
       end
@@ -124,14 +134,8 @@ def pid
       nil
     end
 
-    ##
-    # Is Solr running?
-    def started?
-      !!status
-    end
-
     def wait
-      while (Process.getpgid(pid) rescue status)
+      while (Process.getpgid(pid) rescue started?)
         sleep config.poll_interval
       end
     end
@@ -222,14 +226,16 @@ def with_collection(options = {})
     end
 
     ##
-    # Clean up any files solr_wrapper may have downloaded
-    def clean!
+    # Clean up any files solr_wrapper manages
+    def clean!(clean_downloads: false)
       stop
       remove_instance_dir!
-      FileUtils.remove_entry(config.download_dir, true) if File.exist?(config.download_dir)
       FileUtils.remove_entry(config.tmp_save_dir, true) if File.exist? config.tmp_save_dir
-      md5.clean!
-      FileUtils.remove_entry(config.version_file) if File.exist? config.version_file
+      FileUtils.remove_entry(config.version_file) if File.exist?(config.version_file)
+      if clean_downloads
+        md5.clean!
+        FileUtils.remove_file(config.solr_zip_path, true)
+      end
     end
 
     ##
diff --git a/lib/solr_wrapper/md5.rb b/lib/solr_wrapper/md5.rb
index 12485cb..bade0d4 100644
--- a/lib/solr_wrapper/md5.rb
+++ b/lib/solr_wrapper/md5.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def initialize(config)
     end
 
     def clean!
-      FileUtils.remove_entry(config.md5sum_path) if File.exist? config.md5sum_path
+      FileUtils.remove_file(config.md5sum_path, true)
     end
 
     def validate?(file)