diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f153548..da53300 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/ravilushqa/otelgqlgen v0.15.0
 	github.com/royalcat/ctxio v0.0.0-20240602060200-590d464c39be
 	github.com/royalcat/ctxprogress v0.0.0-20240614113930-3cc5bb935bff
-	github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240615090409-961d9afa99b6
-	github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240615090409-961d9afa99b6
+	github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240617101007-c9c746b3916f
+	github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240617101007-c9c746b3916f
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0
 	github.com/samber/slog-multi v1.0.2
 	github.com/samber/slog-zerolog v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f782da3..ed38701 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -545,10 +545,16 @@ github.com/royalcat/ctxprogress v0.0.0-20240614113930-3cc5bb935bff h1:KlZaOEZYhC
 github.com/royalcat/ctxprogress v0.0.0-20240614113930-3cc5bb935bff/go.mod h1:RcUpbosy/m3bJ3JsVO18MXEbrKRHOHkmYBXigDGekaA=
 github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240615090409-961d9afa99b6 h1:rGXhPFpOVLeOO/Da2qxBNZY5yaQdTCGxQV2dUDXXf7U=
 github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240615090409-961d9afa99b6/go.mod h1:UB/VwpTut8c3IXLJFvYWFxAAZymk9eBuJRMJmpSpwYU=
+github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240617074755-245a773511b7 h1:ZtxuWjMwbFwaj5zcT0VZqvsyViYYzYJkprFe/9p5PUs=
+github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240617074755-245a773511b7/go.mod h1:UB/VwpTut8c3IXLJFvYWFxAAZymk9eBuJRMJmpSpwYU=
+github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240617101007-c9c746b3916f h1:bG8Pp/YXkpC2eFI7psTiTAL7QTBqHQcP/lEpiqmBXn4=
+github.com/royalcat/kv v0.0.0-20240617101007-c9c746b3916f/go.mod h1:UB/VwpTut8c3IXLJFvYWFxAAZymk9eBuJRMJmpSpwYU=
 github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240612224509-6aa0da315950 h1:rKG2P4TNLgA4/Jl7LPayifjcw4txVGVSPkpHVhn3wnw=
 github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240612224509-6aa0da315950/go.mod h1:JxgA1VGwbqu+WqdmjmjT0v6KeWoWlN6Y5lesjmphExM=
 github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240615090409-961d9afa99b6 h1:/TWa41uAL8Vk0MkvZc03EjA1/bS2otK5q0/+6bSWKJI=
 github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240615090409-961d9afa99b6/go.mod h1:JxgA1VGwbqu+WqdmjmjT0v6KeWoWlN6Y5lesjmphExM=
+github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240617101007-c9c746b3916f h1:wz3pvg7YJdibZXQRV6B5pVPeDK8bgnuJVnBf7OFtCWI=
+github.com/royalcat/kv/kvbadger v0.0.0-20240617101007-c9c746b3916f/go.mod h1:JxgA1VGwbqu+WqdmjmjT0v6KeWoWlN6Y5lesjmphExM=
 github.com/rs/dnscache v0.0.0-20230804202142-fc85eb664529 h1:18kd+8ZUlt/ARXhljq+14TwAoKa61q6dX8jtwOf6DH8=
 github.com/rs/dnscache v0.0.0-20230804202142-fc85eb664529/go.mod h1:qe5TWALJ8/a1Lqznoc5BDHpYX/8HU60Hm2AwRmqzxqA=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
diff --git a/src/sources/torrent/controller.go b/src/sources/torrent/controller.go
index 0c863a3..b90c32f 100644
--- a/src/sources/torrent/controller.go
+++ b/src/sources/torrent/controller.go
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ type Controller struct {
 	log             *rlog.Logger
 }
 
-func newController(t *torrent.Torrent, fileProperties kv.Store[string, FileProperties], storage TorrentFileDeleter) *Controller {
+func newController(t *torrent.Torrent, torrentFileProperties kv.Store[string, FileProperties], storage TorrentFileDeleter) *Controller {
 	return &Controller{
 		t:              t,
 		storage:        storage,
-		fileProperties: fileProperties,
+		fileProperties: torrentFileProperties,
 		log:            rlog.Component("torrent-client", "controller").With(slog.String("infohash", t.InfoHash().HexString())),
 	}
 }
@@ -123,10 +123,20 @@ func (s *Controller) ExcludeFile(ctx context.Context, f *torrent.File) error {
 	log := s.log.With(slog.String("file", f.Path()))
 	log.Info(ctx, "excluding file")
 
-	return s.fileProperties.Edit(ctx, f.Path(), func(ctx context.Context, v FileProperties) (FileProperties, error) {
+	err := s.fileProperties.Edit(ctx, f.Path(), func(ctx context.Context, v FileProperties) (FileProperties, error) {
 		v.Excluded = true
 		return v, nil
 	})
+	if err == kv.ErrKeyNotFound {
+		err := s.fileProperties.Set(ctx, f.Path(), FileProperties{Excluded: true})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return s.storage.DeleteFile(f)
 }
 
 func (s *Controller) isFileComplete(startIndex int, endIndex int) bool {
diff --git a/src/sources/torrent/fs.go b/src/sources/torrent/fs.go
index 396ae97..fe77d1a 100644
--- a/src/sources/torrent/fs.go
+++ b/src/sources/torrent/fs.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 type TorrentFS struct {
 	name string
 
-	mu      sync.Mutex
 	Torrent *Controller
 
-	filesCache map[string]vfs.File
+	filesCacheMu sync.Mutex
+	filesCache   map[string]vfs.File
 
 	lastTorrentReadTimeout atomic.Pointer[time.Time]
 
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ func (tfs *TorrentFS) FsName() string {
 }
 
 func (fs *TorrentFS) files(ctx context.Context) (map[string]vfs.File, error) {
-	fs.mu.Lock()
-	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
+	fs.filesCacheMu.Lock()
+	defer fs.filesCacheMu.Unlock()
 
 	if fs.filesCache != nil {
 		return fs.filesCache, nil
@@ -348,9 +348,6 @@ func (fs *TorrentFS) Unlink(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 
 	name = vfs.AbsPath(name)
 
-	fs.mu.Lock()
-	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
-
 	files, err := fs.files(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -361,7 +358,10 @@ func (fs *TorrentFS) Unlink(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 	}
 
 	file := files[name]
+
+	fs.filesCacheMu.Lock()
 	delete(fs.filesCache, name)
+	fs.filesCacheMu.Unlock()
 
 	tfile, ok := file.(*torrentFile)
 	if !ok {