diff --git a/application/app.py b/application/app.py
index 406445c..a136cc7 100644
--- a/application/app.py
+++ b/application/app.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pymongo import MongoClient
 from celery import Celery, current_task
 from celery.result import AsyncResult
 
-from worker import my_background_task_worker, ingest_worker
+from worker import ingest_worker
 
 
 # os.environ["LANGCHAIN_HANDLER"] = "langchain"
@@ -395,6 +395,19 @@ def download_file():
     save_dir = os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], user, job_name)
     return send_from_directory(save_dir, filename, as_attachment=True)
 
+@app.route('/api/delete_old', methods=['get'])
+def delete_old():
+    """Delete old indexes."""
+    import shutil
+    path = request.args.get('path')
+    first_dir = path.split('/')[0]
+    # check that path strats with indexes or vectors
+    if first_dir not in ['indexes', 'vectors']:
+        return {"status": 'error'}
+    shutil.rmtree(path)
+    vectors_collection.delete_one({'location': path})
+    return {"status": 'ok'}
+
 # handling CORS
 @app.after_request
 def after_request(response):
diff --git a/application/worker.py b/application/worker.py
index 2891406..5523131 100644
--- a/application/worker.py
+++ b/application/worker.py
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ from celery import current_task
 
 nltk.download('punkt', quiet=True)
 nltk.download('averaged_perceptron_tagger', quiet=True)
+import string
+import zipfile
+import shutil
+def generate_random_string(length):
+    return ''.join([string.ascii_letters[i % 52] for i in range(length)])
+
+
 
 def ingest_worker(self, directory, formats, name_job, filename, user):
-    # directory = 'inputs'
+    # directory = 'inputs' or 'temp'
     # formats = [".rst", ".md"]
     input_files = None
     recursive = True
@@ -21,21 +28,28 @@ def ingest_worker(self, directory, formats, name_job, filename, user):
     # name_job = 'job1'
     # filename = 'install.rst'
     # user = 'local'
+    full_path = directory + '/' + user + '/' + name_job
     url = 'http://localhost:5001/api/download'
     file_data = {'name': name_job, 'file': filename, 'user': user}
     response = requests.get(url, params=file_data)
     file = response.content
-    # save in folder inputs
-    # create folder if not exists
-    if not os.path.exists(directory):
-        os.makedirs(directory)
-    with open(directory + '/' + filename, 'wb') as f:
+
+    if not os.path.exists(full_path):
+        os.makedirs(full_path)
+    with open(full_path + '/' + filename, 'wb') as f:
         f.write(file)
 
+    #check if file is .zip and extract it
+    if filename.endswith('.zip'):
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(full_path + '/' + filename, 'r') as zip_ref:
+            zip_ref.extractall(full_path)
+        os.remove(full_path + '/' + filename)
+
+
     import time
     self.update_state(state='PROGRESS', meta={'current': 1})
 
-    raw_docs = SimpleDirectoryReader(input_dir=directory, input_files=input_files, recursive=recursive,
+    raw_docs = SimpleDirectoryReader(input_dir=full_path, input_files=input_files, recursive=recursive,
                                      required_exts=formats, num_files_limit=limit,
                                      exclude_hidden=exclude).load_data()
     raw_docs = [Document.to_langchain_format(raw_doc) for raw_doc in raw_docs]
@@ -43,15 +57,21 @@ def ingest_worker(self, directory, formats, name_job, filename, user):
     # We do this due to the context limits of the LLMs.
     text_splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter()
     docs = text_splitter.split_documents(raw_docs)
-    call_openai_api(docs, directory, self)
+    call_openai_api(docs, full_path, self)
     self.update_state(state='PROGRESS', meta={'current': 100})
 
     # get files from outputs/inputs/index.faiss and outputs/inputs/index.pkl
     # and send them to the server (provide user and name in form)
     url = 'http://localhost:5001/api/upload_index'
     file_data = {'name': name_job, 'user': user}
-    files = {'file_faiss': open(directory + '/index.faiss', 'rb'),
-             'file_pkl': open(directory + '/index.pkl', 'rb')}
+    files = {'file_faiss': open(full_path + '/index.faiss', 'rb'),
+             'file_pkl': open(full_path + '/index.pkl', 'rb')}
     response = requests.post(url, files=files, data=file_data)
-    print(response.text)
+
+    #deletes remote
+    url = 'http://localhost:5001/api/delete_old?path=' + 'inputs/' + user + '/' + name_job
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    # delete local
+    shutil.rmtree(full_path)
+
     return {'directory': directory, 'formats': formats, 'name_job': name_job, 'filename': filename, 'user': user}