diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
index e40504d56..4090c8481 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/LibraryController.php
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 $this->view->message = "file doesn't exist";
                 return;
             }
-            
-            
-            $data = array("filepath"=>$file->getFilePath());
-            RabbitMq::SendMessageToMediaMonitor("file_delete", $data);
 
             $res = $file->delete();
 
@@ -144,6 +140,10 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
                 $this->view->message = $res->getMessage();
                 return;
             }
+            else {
+                $data = array("filepath" => $file->getFilePath(), "delete" => $res);
+                RabbitMq::SendMessageToMediaMonitor("file_delete", $data);
+            }
         }
 
         $this->view->id = $id;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class LibraryController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     {
         $post = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
         $datatables = StoredFile::searchFilesForPlaylistBuilder($post);
-        
+
         //format clip lengh to 1 decimal
         foreach($datatables["aaData"] as &$data){
             $sec = Playlist::playlistTimeToSeconds($data[5]);
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
index ce056be3f..f162a4a06 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/StoredFile.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class StoredFile {
      * You cant delete a file if it is scheduled to be played in the future.
      * The file will be removed from all playlists it is a part of.
      *
-     * @return void|PEAR_Error
+     * @return boolean|PEAR_Error
      */
     public function deleteFile()
     {
@@ -340,16 +340,18 @@ class StoredFile {
         if (Schedule::IsFileScheduledInTheFuture($this->getId())) {
             return PEAR::raiseError('Cannot delete a file that is scheduled in the future.');
         }
-        
+
         $storageDir = MusicDir::getStorDir()->getDirectory();
+        $dirCompare = substr($this->getFilePath(), 0, strlen($storageDir));
+
+        //return PEAR::raiseError("({$storageDir} , {$dirCompare})");
 
         // Only delete the file from filesystem if it has been copied to the storage directory
-        if (substr($this->getFilePath(), 0, strlen($storageDir) == $storageDir)) {
-            // Delete the file
-            $res = unlink($this->getFilePath());
-            if (!$res) {
-                return PEAR::raiseError("StoredFile::deleteFile: unlink failed ({$this->getFilePath()})");
-            }
+        if ($dirCompare === $storageDir) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        else {
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ class StoredFile {
      */
     public function existsFile() {
 
-        $filepath = $this->_file->getDbFilepath();
+        $filepath = $this->getFilePath();
 
         if (!isset($filepath) || !file_exists($filepath) || !is_readable($filepath)) {
             return false;
@@ -820,7 +822,7 @@ class StoredFile {
         $stor = $storDir->getDirectory();
 
         $stor .= "/organize";
-        
+
 	    $audio_stor = $stor . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName;
 
         $r = @copy($audio_file, $audio_stor);
@@ -838,8 +840,8 @@ class StoredFile {
                 // ." AND m.id = $dir_id";
         $sql = "SELECT filepath as fp"
                 ." FROM CC_FILES"
-                ." WHERE directory = $dir_id";                
-             
+                ." WHERE directory = $dir_id";
+
         $rows = $CC_DBC->getAll($sql);
 
         $results = array();
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimenotifier.py b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimenotifier.py
index d3c339080..3af4ac541 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimenotifier.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor/airtimefilemonitor/airtimenotifier.py
@@ -106,10 +106,15 @@ class AirtimeNotifier(Notifier):
 
             self.watch_directory(new_storage_directory)
         elif m['event_type'] == "file_delete":
-            self.logger.info("Deleting file: %s ", m['filepath'])
+            filepath = m['filepath'].encode('utf-8')
+
             mm = self.proc_fun()
-            mm.add_filepath_to_ignore(m['filepath'])
-            os.unlink(m['filepath'])
+            self.logger.info("Adding file to ignore: %s ", filepath)
+            mm.add_filepath_to_ignore(filepath)
+
+            if m['delete'] == "true":
+                self.logger.info("Deleting file: %s ", filepath)
+                os.unlink(filepath)
 
 
     #update airtime with information about files discovered in our