diff --git a/src/ingest.rs b/src/ingest.rs
index fa34cbd..47a2878 100644
--- a/src/ingest.rs
+++ b/src/ingest.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ where
     if HashRepo::create(repo, hash.to_vec().into()).await?.is_err() {
         // duplicate upload
         store.remove(identifier).await?;
+        session.identifier.take();
         return Ok(());
     }