diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index d113fa5..e994e2e 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -56,22 +56,20 @@ pub async fn generate_media_ids(
                 };
 
                 // upload media to Mastodon
-                let mastodon_media =
-                    match mastodon.media(Cow::from(local_tweet_media_path.to_owned())) {
-                        Ok(l) => l,
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            remove_file(&local_tweet_media_path).await.unwrap();
-                            return Err(ScootalooError::new(&format!(
-                                "Attachment {} cannot be uploaded to Mastodon Instance: {}",
-                                &local_tweet_media_path, e
-                            )));
-                        }
-                    };
-
+                let mastodon_media = mastodon.media(Cow::from(local_tweet_media_path.to_owned()));
                 // at this point, we can safely erase the original file
-                if let Err(e) = remove_file(&local_tweet_media_path).await {
-                    ScootalooError::new(&format!("Attachment {} has been uploaded but I’m unable to remove the existing file: {}", &local_tweet_media_path, e));
-                }
+                // it doesn’t matter if we can’t remove, cache_media fn is idempotent
+                remove_file(&local_tweet_media_path).await.ok();
+
+                let mastodon_media = match mastodon_media {
+                    Ok(m) => m,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        return Err(ScootalooError::new(&format!(
+                            "Attachment {} cannot be uploaded to Mastodon Instance: {}",
+                            &local_tweet_media_path, e
+                        )))
+                    }
+                };
 
                 Ok((i, mastodon_media.id))
             });