diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
index 17c4a3b..da71b19 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 		}
 		// clean up
 		DelFile(self.daemon.store.GetFilename(nntp.MessageID()))
+		self.daemon.database.DeleteArticle(nntp.MessageID())
 		e(err)
 	}
 }