diff --git a/init-db.sql b/init-db.sql
index 3c1c960..1fdcab7 100644
--- a/init-db.sql
+++ b/init-db.sql
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS files (
     kind varchar(255) not null,
     primary key (id)
 );
+
+ALTER TABLE files ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS delete_on_download boolean;
diff --git a/src/deleter.rs b/src/deleter.rs
index 8c1a34f..070bdb6 100644
--- a/src/deleter.rs
+++ b/src/deleter.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-use async_std::{channel::Receiver, fs, path::PathBuf, task};
+use async_std::{
+    channel::Receiver,
+    fs,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    task,
+};
 use chrono::{prelude::*, Duration};
-use futures::{TryStreamExt, future::FutureExt};
+use futures::{future::FutureExt, TryStreamExt};
 use sqlx::{postgres::PgPool, Row};
 
 pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(receiver: Receiver<()>, db: PgPool, files_dir: PathBuf) {
@@ -13,12 +18,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(receiver: Receiver<()>, db: PgPool, files_d
             .fetch(&db);
         while let Some(row) = rows.try_next().await.expect("could not load expired files") {
             let file_id: String = row.try_get("file_id").expect("we selected this column");
-            let mut path = files_dir.clone();
-            path.push(&file_id);
-            if path.exists().await {
-                log::info!("delete file {}", file_id);
-                fs::remove_file(&path).await.expect("could not delete file");
-            }
+            delete_content(&file_id, &files_dir)
+                .await
+                .expect("could not delete file");
         }
 
         sqlx::query("DELETE FROM files WHERE valid_till < $1")
@@ -29,6 +31,28 @@ pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(receiver: Receiver<()>, db: PgPool, files_d
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) async fn delete_by_id(
+    db: &PgPool,
+    file_id: &str,
+    files_dir: &Path,
+) -> Result<(), sqlx::Error> {
+    delete_content(file_id, &files_dir).await?;
+    sqlx::query("DELETE FROM files WHERE file_id = $1")
+        .bind(file_id)
+        .execute(db)
+        .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn delete_content(file_id: &str, files_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    let path = files_dir.join(file_id);
+    if path.exists().await {
+        log::info!("delete file {}", file_id);
+        fs::remove_file(&path).await?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 async fn wait_for_file_expiry(receiver: &Receiver<()>, db: &PgPool) {
     let mut rows = sqlx::query("SELECT MIN(valid_till) as min from files").fetch(db);
     let row = rows
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8c43a36..2421d85 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ use async_std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     task,
 };
+use env_logger::Env;
 use file_kind::FileKind;
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
 use mime::Mime;
+use multipart::UploadConfig;
 use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
 use sqlx::{
     postgres::{PgPool, PgPoolOptions, PgRow},
@@ -58,7 +60,12 @@ async fn upload(
 
     let parsed_multipart =
         multipart::parse_multipart(payload, &file_id, &filename, config.max_file_size).await;
-    let (original_name, valid_till, kind) = match parsed_multipart {
+    let UploadConfig {
+        original_name,
+        valid_till,
+        kind,
+        delete_on_download,
+    } = match parsed_multipart {
         Ok(data) => data,
         Err(err) => {
             if filename.exists().await {
@@ -73,12 +80,14 @@ async fn upload(
     };
 
     let db_insert = sqlx::query(
-        "INSERT INTO Files (file_id, file_name, valid_till, kind) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)",
+        "INSERT INTO Files (file_id, file_name, valid_till, kind, delete_on_download) \
+        VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)",
     )
     .bind(&file_id)
-    .bind(original_name.as_ref().unwrap_or(&file_id))
+    .bind(&original_name)
     .bind(valid_till.naive_local())
     .bind(kind.to_string())
+    .bind(delete_on_download)
     .execute(db.as_ref())
     .await;
     if db_insert.is_err() {
@@ -93,22 +102,24 @@ async fn upload(
     }
 
     log::info!(
-        "create new file {} (valid_till: {}, kind: {})",
+        "{} create new file {} (valid_till: {}, kind: {}, delete_on_download: {})",
+        req.connection_info().realip_remote_addr().unwrap_or("-"),
         file_id,
         valid_till,
-        kind
+        kind,
+        delete_on_download
     );
 
     expiry_watch_sender.send(()).await.unwrap();
 
-    let redirect = if kind == FileKind::BINARY && original_name.is_some() {
-        let encoded_name = urlencoding::encode(original_name.as_ref().unwrap());
+    let redirect = if kind == FileKind::BINARY {
+        let encoded_name = urlencoding::encode(&original_name);
         format!("/upload/{}/{}", file_id, encoded_name)
     } else {
         format!("/upload/{}", file_id)
     };
 
-    let url = get_file_url(&req, &file_id, original_name.as_deref());
+    let url = get_file_url(&req, &file_id, Some(&original_name));
     Ok(HttpResponse::SeeOther()
         .header("location", redirect)
         .body(format!("{}\n", url)))
@@ -153,9 +164,10 @@ async fn download(
     config: web::Data<Config>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let id = req.match_info().query("id");
-    let mut rows = sqlx::query("SELECT file_id, file_name from files WHERE file_id = $1")
-        .bind(id)
-        .fetch(db.as_ref());
+    let mut rows =
+        sqlx::query("SELECT file_id, file_name, delete_on_download from files WHERE file_id = $1")
+            .bind(id)
+            .fetch(db.as_ref());
     let row: PgRow = rows
         .try_next()
         .await
@@ -164,12 +176,13 @@ async fn download(
 
     let file_id: String = row.get("file_id");
     let file_name: String = row.get("file_name");
+    let delete_on_download: bool = row.get("delete_on_download");
     let mut path = config.files_dir.clone();
     path.push(&file_id);
 
     let download = req.query_string().contains("dl");
     let (content_type, mut content_disposition) = get_content_types(&path, &file_name);
-    if content_type.type_() == mime::TEXT && !download {
+    let response = if content_type.type_() == mime::TEXT && !download {
         let content = fs::read_to_string(path).await.map_err(|_| {
             error::ErrorInternalServerError("this file should be here but could not be found")
         })?;
@@ -188,7 +201,13 @@ async fn download(
             .set_content_type(content_type)
             .set_content_disposition(content_disposition);
         file.into_response(&req)
+    };
+    if delete_on_download {
+        deleter::delete_by_id(&db, &file_id, &config.files_dir)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| error::ErrorInternalServerError("could not delete file"))?;
     }
+    response
 }
 
 fn get_content_types(path: &Path, filename: &str) -> (Mime, ContentDisposition) {
@@ -263,10 +282,12 @@ async fn setup_db() -> PgPool {
         .await
         .expect("could not create db pool");
 
-    sqlx::query(include_str!("../init-db.sql"))
-        .execute(&pool)
-        .await
-        .expect("could not create table Files");
+    for query in include_str!("../init-db.sql").split_inclusive(";") {
+        sqlx::query(query)
+            .execute(&pool)
+            .await
+            .expect("could not initialize database schema");
+    }
 
     pool
 }
@@ -279,10 +300,7 @@ struct Config {
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    if env::var("RUST_LOG").is_err() {
-        env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "info");
-    }
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or("info,sqlx=warn")).init();
 
     let pool: PgPool = setup_db().await;
     let max_file_size = env::var("UPLOAD_MAX_BYTES")
@@ -318,7 +336,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     HttpServer::new({
         move || {
             App::new()
-                .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())
+                .wrap(middleware::Logger::new(r#"%{r}a "%r" =%s %bbytes %Tsec"#))
                 .app_data(db.clone())
                 .app_data(expiry_watch_sender.clone())
                 .data(config.clone())
diff --git a/src/multipart.rs b/src/multipart.rs
index 538a235..9d2f09f 100644
--- a/src/multipart.rs
+++ b/src/multipart.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,23 @@ use async_std::{fs, fs::File, path::Path, prelude::*};
 use chrono::{prelude::*, Duration};
 use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 
+pub(crate) struct UploadConfig {
+    pub original_name: String,
+    pub valid_till: DateTime<Local>,
+    pub kind: FileKind,
+    pub delete_on_download: bool,
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn parse_multipart(
     mut payload: Multipart,
     file_id: &str,
     filename: &Path,
     max_size: Option<u64>,
-) -> Result<(Option<String>, DateTime<Local>, FileKind), error::Error> {
+) -> Result<UploadConfig, error::Error> {
     let mut original_name: Option<String> = None;
     let mut keep_for: Option<String> = None;
     let mut kind: Option<FileKind> = None;
+    let mut delete_on_download = false;
 
     while let Ok(Some(field)) = payload.try_next().await {
         let name = get_field_name(&field)?;
@@ -45,31 +53,41 @@ pub(crate) async fn parse_multipart(
                     .map_err(|_| error::ErrorInternalServerError("could not create file"))?;
                 write_to_file(&mut file, field, max_size).await?;
             }
+            "delete_on_download" => {
+                delete_on_download = dbg!(parse_string(name, field).await?) != "false";
+            }
             _ => {}
         };
     }
 
-    if let Some(original_name) = &original_name {
-        if original_name.len() > 255 {
-            return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("filename is too long"));
-        }
-    }
-
-    let validity_secs = keep_for
-        .map(|timeout| timeout.parse())
-        .transpose()
-        .map_err(|e| error::ErrorBadRequest(format!("field validity_secs is not a number: {}", e)))?
-        .unwrap_or(1800); // default to 30 minutes
-    let max_validity_secs = Duration::days(31).num_seconds();
-    if validity_secs > max_validity_secs {
-        return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest(format!(
-            "maximum allowed validity is {} seconds, but you specified {} seconds",
-            max_validity_secs, validity_secs
-        )));
-    }
-    let valid_till = Local::now() + Duration::seconds(validity_secs);
+    let original_name = original_name.ok_or_else(|| error::ErrorBadRequest("no content found"))?;
     let kind = kind.ok_or_else(|| error::ErrorBadRequest("no content found"))?;
-    Ok((original_name, valid_till, kind))
+
+    if original_name.len() > 255 {
+        return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("filename is too long"));
+    }
+    let valid_till = if let Some(keep_for) = keep_for {
+        let keep_for = keep_for.parse().map_err(|e| {
+            error::ErrorBadRequest(format!("field keep_for is not a number: {}", e))
+        })?;
+        let max_keep_for = Duration::days(31).num_seconds();
+        if keep_for > max_keep_for {
+            return Err(error::ErrorBadRequest(format!(
+                "maximum allowed validity is {} seconds, but you specified {} seconds",
+                max_keep_for, keep_for
+            )));
+        }
+        Local::now() + Duration::seconds(keep_for)
+    } else {
+        Local::now() + Duration::seconds(1800)
+    };
+
+    Ok(UploadConfig {
+        original_name,
+        valid_till,
+        kind,
+        delete_on_download,
+    })
 }
 
 fn get_field_name(field: &Field) -> Result<String, error::Error> {
diff --git a/static/index.css b/static/index.css
index 51c5fd8..93e41e5 100644
--- a/static/index.css
+++ b/static/index.css
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ textarea,
   max-width: calc(100vw - 3rem - 4px);
 }
 
+input[type="checkbox"] {
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+}
+
 .button {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/template/index.html b/template/index.html
index 02016d7..f56a0f9 100644
--- a/template/index.html
+++ b/template/index.html
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
           <option value="2678400">einen monat</option>
         </select>
         <br />
+        <input
+          id="delete_on_download"
+          type="checkbox"
+          name="delete_on_download"
+        />
+        <label for="delete_on_download">nach einem download löschen</label>
+        <br />
         <input class="main button" type="submit" value="hochladen" />
       </form>
       <section class="usage">