diff --git a/src/bittorrent.cpp b/src/bittorrent.cpp
index 23b8d1e31..7fb4ade4a 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.cpp
+++ b/src/bittorrent.cpp
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ void bittorrent::addTorrent(QString path, bool fromScanDir, QString from_url, bo
     // Display warning to tell user we can't decode the torrent file
     if(!from_url.isNull()) {
       emit invalidTorrent(from_url);
+      QFile::remove(file);
     }else{
       emit invalidTorrent(file);
     }
@@ -544,6 +545,8 @@ void bittorrent::addTorrent(QString path, bool fromScanDir, QString from_url, bo
     // Display warning to tell user we can't decode the torrent file
     if(!from_url.isNull()) {
       emit invalidTorrent(from_url);
+      qDebug("File path is: %s", file.toUtf8().data());
+      QFile::remove(file);
     }else{
       emit invalidTorrent(file);
     }
diff --git a/src/torrentAddition.h b/src/torrentAddition.h
index 255b23bf6..ca4c865b1 100644
--- a/src/torrentAddition.h
+++ b/src/torrentAddition.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class torrentAdditionDialog : public QDialog, private Ui_addTorrentDialog{
         // Display warning to tell user we can't decode the torrent file
         if(!from_url.isNull()){
           emit setInfoBarGUI(tr("Unable to decode torrent file:")+QString::fromUtf8(" '")+from_url+QString::fromUtf8("'"), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
+          QFile::remove(filePath);
         }else{
           emit setInfoBarGUI(tr("Unable to decode torrent file:")+QString::fromUtf8(" '")+filePath+QString::fromUtf8("'"), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
         }
@@ -142,9 +143,11 @@ class torrentAdditionDialog : public QDialog, private Ui_addTorrentDialog{
         // Display warning to tell user we can't decode the torrent file
         if(!from_url.isNull()){
           emit setInfoBarGUI(tr("Unable to decode torrent file:")+QString::fromUtf8(" '")+from_url+QString::fromUtf8("'"), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
+          QFile::remove(filePath);
         }else{
           emit setInfoBarGUI(tr("Unable to decode torrent file:")+QString::fromUtf8(" '")+filePath+QString::fromUtf8("'"), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
         }
+        qDebug("path is %s", filePath.toUtf8().data());
         emit setInfoBarGUI(tr("This file is either corrupted or this isn't a torrent."), QString::fromUtf8("red"));
         if(fromScanDir){
           // Remove .corrupt file in case it already exists