diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/bitv.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/bitv.rs
index f3c0129..38ce994 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/bitv.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/bitv.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use bitvec::{
     vec::BitVec,
     view::{AsBits, AsMutBits},
 };
+use tracing::trace;
 
 pub trait BitV: Send + Sync {
     fn as_slice(&self) -> &BitSlice<u8, Msb0>;
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ pub struct MmapBitV {
     mmap: memmap2::MmapMut,
 }
 
+impl Drop for MmapBitV {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        trace!("dropping MmapBitV, this should unmap the .bitv file")
+    }
+}
+
 impl MmapBitV {
     pub fn new(file: File) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let mmap =
diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/session.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/session.rs
index 0522b7b..0ddf83e 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/session.rs
@@ -1251,14 +1251,6 @@ impl Session {
             debug!("error pausing torrent before deletion: {e:?}")
         }
 
-        if let Some(p) = self.persistence.as_ref() {
-            if let Err(e) = p.delete(id).await {
-                error!(error=?e, "error deleting torrent from persistence database");
-            } else {
-                debug!(?id, "deleted torrent from persistence database")
-            }
-        }
-
         let storage = removed
             .with_state_mut(|s| match s.take() {
                 ManagedTorrentState::Initializing(p) => p.files.take().ok(),
@@ -1277,6 +1269,14 @@ impl Session {
             .map(Ok)
             .unwrap_or_else(|| removed.shared.storage_factory.create(removed.shared()));
 
+        if let Some(p) = self.persistence.as_ref() {
+            if let Err(e) = p.delete(id).await {
+                error!(error=?e, "error deleting torrent from persistence database");
+            } else {
+                debug!(?id, "deleted torrent from persistence database")
+            }
+        }
+
         match (storage, delete_files) {
             (Err(e), true) => return Err(e).context("torrent deleted, but could not delete files"),
             (Ok(storage), true) => {