diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/domain/FileUploadSubmission.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/domain/FileUploadSubmission.java
index 29bafff4bcb4..66f24f5ec12e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/domain/FileUploadSubmission.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/domain/FileUploadSubmission.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.tum.in.www1.artemis.domain;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import javax.persistence.*;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ public String getSubmissionExerciseType() {
     @PostRemove
     public void onDelete() {
         if (filePath != null) {
-            fileService.schedulePathForDeletion(Path.of(filePath), 0);
+            Path actualPath = FilePathService.actualPathForPublicPath(URI.create(filePath));
+            fileService.schedulePathForDeletion(actualPath, 0);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FilePathService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FilePathService.java
index 8281338bb1ee..191c8f9037ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FilePathService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FilePathService.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public Path actualPathForPublicPathOrThrow(URI publicPath) {
      * @param publicPath the public file url to convert
      * @return the actual path to that file in the local filesystem
      */
-    public Path actualPathForPublicPath(URI publicPath) {
+    public static Path actualPathForPublicPath(URI publicPath) {
         // first extract the filename from the url
         String uriPath = publicPath.getPath();
         Path path = Path.of(uriPath);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public Path actualPathForPublicPath(URI publicPath) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    private Path actualPathForPublicAttachmentUnitFilePath(URI publicPath, String filename) {
+    private static Path actualPathForPublicAttachmentUnitFilePath(URI publicPath, String filename) {
         Path path = Path.of(publicPath.getPath());
         if (!publicPath.toString().contains("/slide")) {
             String attachmentUnitId = path.getName(4).toString();
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ private Path actualPathForPublicAttachmentUnitFilePath(URI publicPath, String fi
         }
     }
 
-    private Path actualPathForPublicFileUploadExercisesFilePath(URI publicPath, String filename) {
+    private static Path actualPathForPublicFileUploadExercisesFilePath(URI publicPath, String filename) {
         Path path = Path.of(publicPath.getPath());
         try {
             String expectedExerciseId = path.getName(3).toString();
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FileService.java b/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FileService.java
index ac239e2b645d..d9208a6f57ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FileService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/artemis/service/FileService.java
@@ -768,6 +768,10 @@ public void schedulePathForDeletion(@Nullable Path path, long delayInMinutes) {
                     log.info("Delete file {}", path);
                     Files.delete(path);
                 }
+                else {
+                    log.error("Deleting the file {} did not work because it does not exist", path);
+                }
+
                 futures.remove(path);
             }
             catch (IOException e) {