diff --git a/routes/api_routes.py b/routes/api_routes.py
index dae82c9d..71dcf292 100644
--- a/routes/api_routes.py
+++ b/routes/api_routes.py
@@ -215,14 +215,22 @@ class ApiRoutes:
         
         deleted = []
         main_file = patterns[0]
-        main_path = os.path.join(target_dir, main_file)
+        main_path = os.path.join(target_dir, main_file).replace(os.sep, '/')
         
         if os.path.exists(main_path):
-            # Delete main file first
+            # Notify file monitor to ignore delete event
+            self.download_manager.file_monitor.handler.add_ignore_path(main_path, 0)
+            
+            # Delete file
             os.remove(main_path)
-            deleted.append(main_file)
+            deleted.append(main_path)
         else:
             logger.warning(f"Model file not found: {main_file}")
+
+        # Remove from cache
+        cache = await self.scanner.get_cached_data()
+        cache.raw_data = [item for item in cache.raw_data if item['file_path'] != main_path]
+        await cache.resort()
         
         # Delete optional files
         for pattern in patterns[1:]:
diff --git a/services/file_monitor.py b/services/file_monitor.py
index 9988520e..9410df3d 100644
--- a/services/file_monitor.py
+++ b/services/file_monitor.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class LoraFileHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
 
     def _should_ignore(self, path: str) -> bool:
         """Check if path should be ignored"""
-        logger.info(f"Checking ignore for {path}")
-        logger.info(f"Current ignore paths: {self._ignore_paths}")
         real_path = os.path.realpath(path)  # Resolve any symbolic links
         return real_path.replace(os.sep, '/') in self._ignore_paths
 
@@ -37,14 +35,8 @@ class LoraFileHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
         real_path = os.path.realpath(path)  # Resolve any symbolic links
         self._ignore_paths.add(real_path.replace(os.sep, '/'))
         
-        # Calculate timeout based on file size, with a minimum value
-        # Assuming average download speed of 1MB/s
-        timeout = max(
-            self._min_ignore_timeout,
-            (file_size / self._download_speed) * 1.5  # Add 50% buffer
-        )
-        
-        logger.debug(f"Adding {real_path} to ignore list for {timeout:.1f} seconds")
+        # Short timeout (e.g. 5 seconds) is sufficient to ignore the CREATE event
+        timeout = 5
         
         asyncio.get_event_loop().call_later(
             timeout,