diff --git a/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs b/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs
index 5a512f9..5dd03a0 100644
--- a/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Managers/DirectoryManager.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
         [DllImport("libicarus.so")]
         public static extern void delete_empty_directories(Sng song, string root_path);
 
+        [DllImport("libicarus.so")]
+        public static extern void delete_from_filesystem(Sng song);
+
         [DllImport("libicarus.so")]
         public static extern void delete_song_empty_directories(Sng song, string root_path);
         #endregion
diff --git a/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs b/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
index d799ba4..643762a 100644
--- a/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
@@ -151,9 +151,8 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
             {
                 _logger.Info("Starting the process of saving the song to the filesystem");
 
-                var fileTempPath = Path.Combine(_tempDirectoryRoot, songFile.FileName);
-                var song = await SaveSongTemp(songFile, fileTempPath);
-                song.SongPath = fileTempPath;
+                var song = await SaveSongTemp(songFile, 
+                        Path.Combine(_tempDirectoryRoot, songFile.FileName));
 
                 var rootPath = _config.GetValue<string>("RootMusicPath");
                 var strCount = rootPath.Length + song.Artist.Length +
@@ -164,27 +163,18 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
                 DirectoryManager.create_directory(ConvertSongToSng(song),
                         rootPath, filePathSB);
                         
-                var filePath = filePathSB.ToString().Substring(0, strCount);
-
-                System.IO.File.Delete(fileTempPath);
+                var tmpSongPath = song.SongPath;
                 
-                var songFilename = songFile.FileName;
-
-                if (!songFilename.EndsWith(".mp3"))
-                    filePath += $"{songFilename}.mp3";
+                song.SongPath = filePathSB.ToString().Substring(0, strCount);
+                
+                if (!songFile.FileName.EndsWith(".mp3"))
+                    song.SongPath += $"{songFile.FileName}.mp3";
                 else
-                    filePath += $"{songFilename}";
+                    song.SongPath += $"{songFile.FileName}";
 
-                _logger.Info($"Absolute song path: {filePath}");
+                _logger.Info($"Absolute song path: {song.SongPath}");
 
-
-                using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
-                {
-                    await (songFile.CopyToAsync(fileStream));
-                    song.SongPath = filePath;
-
-                    _logger.Info("Song successfully saved to filesystem");
-                }
+                DirectoryManager.copy_song(song.SongPath, tmpSongPath);
 
                 var coverMgr = new CoverArtManager(_config.GetValue<string>("CoverArtPath"));
                 var coverArt = coverMgr.SaveCoverArt(song);
@@ -254,11 +244,9 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
 
         private async Task<SongData> RetrieveSongFromFileSystem(Song details)
         {
-            byte[] uncompressedSong = await System.IO.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(details.SongPath);
-            
             return new SongData
             {
-                Data = uncompressedSong
+                Data = await System.IO.File.ReadAllBytesAsync(details.SongPath)
             };
         }
         private async Task<Song> SaveSongTemp(IFormFile songFile, string filePath)
@@ -275,6 +263,7 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
 
             _logger.Info("Assigning song filename");
             song.Filename = songFile.FileName;
+            song.SongPath = filePath;
 
             return song;
         }
diff --git a/Controllers/v1/SongDataController.cs b/Controllers/v1/SongDataController.cs
index 123e36d..59a5381 100644
--- a/Controllers/v1/SongDataController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/v1/SongDataController.cs
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.V1
                 Console.WriteLine("Uploading song...");
                 _logger.LogInformation("Uploading song...");
 
-                var uploads = _songTempDir;
-                Console.WriteLine($"Song Root Path {uploads}");
-                _logger.LogInformation($"Song root path {uploads}");
+                Console.WriteLine($"Song Root Path {_songTempDir}");
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Song root path {_songTempDir}");
                 foreach (var sng in songData)
                     if (sng.Length > 0) {
                         Console.WriteLine($"Song filename {sng.FileName}");
diff --git a/Libs/include/directory_manager.h b/Libs/include/directory_manager.h
index 39ed064..a20d29a 100644
--- a/Libs/include/directory_manager.h
+++ b/Libs/include/directory_manager.h
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 std::string create_directory_process(Song, const char*);
 std::string read_cover_art(const char*);
 
+bool delete_song(Song*);
+
 void copy_stock_to_root(const char*, const std::string);
 void copy_song_to_path(const char*, const char*);
 void delete_cover_art_file(const std::string);
-void delete_directories(Song song, const char*);
-void delete_song(Song song);
+void delete_directories(Song, const char*);
+void delete_song(Song);
diff --git a/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp b/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp
index 814c57b..9f47566 100644
--- a/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp
+++ b/Libs/src/directory_manager.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ std::string create_directory_process(Song song, const char *root_path)
 
     return alb_path.string() + "/";
 }
-
 std::string read_cover_art(const char *source)
 {
     auto source_path = fs::path(source);
@@ -53,6 +52,12 @@ std::string read_cover_art(const char *source)
 
     return buf.str();
 }
+
+bool delete_song(Song *song)
+{
+    return fs::remove(song->SongPath);
+}
+
 void copy_stock_to_root(const char *target, const std::string buff)
 {
     std::cout<<"starting process"<<std::endl;
@@ -133,6 +138,7 @@ void copy_stock_cover_art(const char*, const char*);
 void copy_song(const char*, const char*);
 void delete_cover_art(const char*, const char*);
 void delete_empty_directories(Song, const char*);
+void delete_from_filesystem(Song);
 void delete_song_empty_directories(Song, const char*);
 void print_song_details(const Song);
 
@@ -167,6 +173,14 @@ void delete_empty_directories(Song song, const char *root_path)
 {
     delete_directories(song, root_path);
 }
+void delete_from_filesystem(Song song)
+{
+    if (delete_song(&song)) {
+        std::cout<<"successfully deleted song from filesystem"<<std::endl;
+    } else {
+        std::cout<<"failed to deleted song from filesystem"<<std::endl;
+    }
+}
 void delete_song_empty_directories(Song song, const char *root_path)
 {
     delete_song(song);