diff --git a/web/src/lib/state/task-manager/queue.ts b/web/src/lib/state/task-manager/queue.ts
index 85ea60c0..f638eda8 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/state/task-manager/queue.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/state/task-manager/queue.ts
@@ -6,15 +6,11 @@ import { clearCurrentTasks, removeWorkerFromQueue } from "$lib/state/task-manage
 
 import type { CobaltQueue, CobaltQueueItem, CobaltQueueItemRunning, UUID } from "$lib/types/queue";
 
-export const DUMMY_FILE = new File([], 'pipeline_result_deleted.bin');
-
 const clearPipelineCache = (queueItem: CobaltQueueItem) => {
     if (queueItem.state === "running") {
         for (const [ workerId, item ] of Object.entries(queueItem.pipelineResults)) {
-            if (item.name !== DUMMY_FILE.name) {
-                removeFromFileStorage(item.name);
-                queueItem.pipelineResults[workerId] = DUMMY_FILE;
-            }
+            removeFromFileStorage(item.name);
+            delete queueItem.pipelineResults[workerId];
         }
     } else if (queueItem.state === "done") {
         removeFromFileStorage(queueItem.resultFile.name);
diff --git a/web/src/lib/storage/opfs.ts b/web/src/lib/storage/opfs.ts
index 472e1e9a..484ae174 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/storage/opfs.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/storage/opfs.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ export const removeFromFileStorage = async (filename: string) => {
         try {
             const cobaltDir = await root.getDirectoryHandle(COBALT_PROCESSING_DIR);
             await cobaltDir.removeEntry(filename);
-        } catch {}
+        } catch {
+            // catch and ignore
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/task-manager/scheduler.ts b/web/src/lib/task-manager/scheduler.ts
index ec8070ac..f774ea88 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/task-manager/scheduler.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/task-manager/scheduler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { get } from "svelte/store";
 import { startWorker } from "$lib/task-manager/run-worker";
 import { addWorkerToQueue, currentTasks } from "$lib/state/task-manager/current-tasks";
-import { DUMMY_FILE, itemDone, itemError, itemRunning, queue } from "$lib/state/task-manager/queue";
+import { itemDone, itemError, itemRunning, queue } from "$lib/state/task-manager/queue";
 
 import type { CobaltPipelineItem } from "$lib/types/workers";
 
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ export const schedule = () => {
             // if all workers are completed, then return the
             // the final file and go to the next task
             if (Object.keys(task.pipelineResults).length === task.pipeline.length) {
-                // swap final file for a dummy, so that it doesn't get
-                // deleted when we clean up the intermediate files
+                // remove the final file from pipeline results, so that it doesn't
+                // get deleted when we clean up the intermediate files
                 const finalFile = task.pipelineResults[finalWorker.workerId];
-                task.pipelineResults[finalWorker.workerId] = DUMMY_FILE;
+                delete task.pipelineResults[finalWorker.workerId];
 
                 if (finalFile) {
                     itemDone(task.id, finalFile);