diff --git a/src/deleter.rs b/src/deleter.rs
index 03b864a..07f1fa6 100644
--- a/src/deleter.rs
+++ b/src/deleter.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ use sqlx::{postgres::PgPool, Cursor, Row};
 pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(receiver: Receiver<()>, db: PgPool, files_dir: PathBuf) {
     loop {
         wait_for_file_expiry(&receiver, &db).await;
-        let mut cursor = sqlx::query("SELECT file_id FROM files WHERE files.valid_till < $1")
-            .bind(Local::now().naive_local())
-            .fetch(&db);
 
+        let now = Local::now().naive_local();
+        let mut cursor = sqlx::query("SELECT file_id FROM files WHERE files.valid_till < $1")
+            .bind(now)
+            .fetch(&db);
         while let Some(row) = cursor.next().await.expect("could not load expired files") {
             let file_id: String = row.get("file_id");
             let mut path = files_dir.clone();
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(receiver: Receiver<()>, db: PgPool, files_d
                 fs::remove_file(&path).await.expect("could not delete file");
             }
         }
+
         sqlx::query("DELETE FROM files WHERE valid_till < $1")
-            .bind(Local::now().naive_local())
+            .bind(now)
             .execute(&db)
             .await
             .expect("could not delete expired files from database");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2cd9293..a43bbeb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ use actix_web::{
     web::{self, Bytes},
     App, Error, FromRequest, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer,
 };
-use async_std::{fs, path::PathBuf, sync::Sender, task};
+use async_std::{
+    fs,
+    path::PathBuf,
+    sync::{channel, Sender},
+    task,
+};
 use file_kind::FileKind;
 use sqlx::{
     postgres::{PgPool, PgRow},
@@ -155,8 +160,6 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
 
     let pool: PgPool = setup_db().await;
 
-    log::info!("omnomnom");
-
     let config = Config {
         server_url: env::var("SERVER_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "http://localhost:8000".to_owned()),
         files_dir: PathBuf::from(env::var("FILES_DIR").unwrap_or_else(|_| "./files".to_owned())),
@@ -166,7 +169,9 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         .await
         .expect("could not create directory for storing files");
 
-    let (send, recv) = async_std::sync::channel::<()>(1);
+    log::info!("omnomnom");
+
+    let (send, recv) = channel(1);
     task::spawn(deleter::delete_old_files(
         recv,
         pool.clone(),