diff --git a/app/admin/views.py b/app/admin/views.py
index 5ca0b74b..45b06820 100644
--- a/app/admin/views.py
+++ b/app/admin/views.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-from flask import current_app, flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
+from flask import flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_login import login_required
-from threading import Thread
 from . import admin
 from .forms import EditUserForm
 from .tables import AdminUserItem, AdminUserTable
 from .. import db
 from ..decorators import admin_required
 from ..models import Role, User
-from ..profile.background_functions import delete_user_
+from ..profile import tasks as profile_tasks
 
 
 @admin.route('/')
@@ -39,9 +38,7 @@ def user(user_id):
 @admin_required
 def delete_user(user_id):
     user = User.query.get_or_404(user_id)
-    thread = Thread(target=delete_user_,
-                    args=(current_app._get_current_object(), user.id))
-    thread.start()
+    profile_tasks.delete_user(user_id)
     flash('User has been deleted!')
     return redirect(url_for('admin.index'))
 
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 0df3ded0..03d23892 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ from flask_login import UserMixin, AnonymousUserMixin
 from itsdangerous import BadSignature, TimedJSONWebSignatureSerializer
 from werkzeug.security import generate_password_hash, check_password_hash
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
-from . import db, logger, login_manager
-import os
-import shutil
+from . import db, login_manager
 
 
 class Permission:
@@ -212,13 +210,6 @@ class User(UserMixin, db.Model):
             job.delete()
         for corpus in self.corpora:
             corpus.delete()
-        path = os.path.join(current_app.config['NOPAQUE_STORAGE'],
-                            str(self.id))
-        try:
-            shutil.rmtree(path)
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(e)
-            pass
         db.session.delete(self)
         db.session.commit()
 
diff --git a/app/profile/background_functions.py b/app/profile/background_functions.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e8e7f2af..00000000
--- a/app/profile/background_functions.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-from ..models import User
-
-
-def delete_user_(app, user_id):
-    with app.app_context():
-        user = User.query.get(user_id)
-        if user is None:
-            raise Exception('User {} not found!'.format(user_id))
-        user.delete()
diff --git a/app/profile/tasks.py b/app/profile/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c27d6b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/profile/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from .. import logger
+from ..decorators import background
+from ..models import User
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+@background
+def delete_user(app, user_id):
+    logger.warning('aufgerufen')
+    with app.app_context():
+        user = User.query.get(user_id)
+        if user is None:
+            raise Exception('User {} not found!'.format(user_id))
+        logger.warning('deleting user')
+        path = os.path.join(app.config['NOPAQUE_STORAGE'], str(user.id))
+        shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)
+        user.delete()
diff --git a/app/profile/views.py b/app/profile/views.py
index 383da741..08868d42 100644
--- a/app/profile/views.py
+++ b/app/profile/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-from flask import current_app, flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
+from flask import flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_login import current_user, login_required, logout_user
-from threading import Thread
 from . import profile
-from .background_functions import delete_user_
+from . import tasks
 from .forms import EditEmailForm, EditGeneralSettingsForm, EditPasswordForm
 from .. import db
 
@@ -56,9 +55,7 @@ def delete():
     """
     View to delete yourslef and all associated data.
     """
-    thread = Thread(target=delete_user_,
-                    args=(current_app._get_current_object(), current_user.id))
-    thread.start()
+    tasks.delete_user(current_user.id)
     logout_user()
     flash('Your account has been deleted!')
     return redirect(url_for('main.index'))
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 97c9cc53..94da5713 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ services:
       - "./logs:/home/nopaqued/logs"
       - "../opaque_daemon/docker-entrypoint.sh:/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"
       - "../opaque_daemon/nopaqued.py:/home/nopaqued/nopaqued.py"
-      - "../opaque_daemon/merge_corpus_files.py:/home/nopaqued/merge_corpus_files.py"
       - "../opaque_daemon/requirements.txt:/home/nopaqued/requirements.txt"
       - "$HOME/.docker:/home/nopaqued/.docker"
   db: