diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0a929d3..f937a9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -937,12 +937,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "half"
-version = "1.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eabb4a44450da02c90444cf74558da904edde8fb4e9035a9a6a4e15445af0bd7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1649,12 +1643,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest-tracing",
  "rusty-s3",
  "serde",
- "serde_cbor",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sha2",
  "sled",
  "storage-path-generator",
+ "subtle",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
  "tokio",
@@ -2128,16 +2122,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_cbor"
-version = "0.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2bef2ebfde456fb76bbcf9f59315333decc4fda0b2b44b420243c11e0f5ec1f5"
-dependencies = [
- "half",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.188"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6468987..415d08d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ reqwest-middleware = "0.2.2"
 reqwest-tracing = { version = "0.4.5" }
 rusty-s3 = "0.4.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_cbor = "0.11.2"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 sha2 = "0.10.0"
 sled = { version = "0.34.7" }
 storage-path-generator = "0.1.0"
+subtle = { version = "2.5.0", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 time = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["serde", "serde-well-known"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full", "tracing"] }
diff --git a/dev.toml b/dev.toml
index 43335e7..a7f209d 100644
--- a/dev.toml
+++ b/dev.toml
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ path = 'data/sled-repo-local'
 cache_capacity = 67108864
 export_path = "data/exports-local"
 
-# [store]
-# type = 'filesystem'
-# path = 'data/files-local'
-
 [store]
-type = 'object_storage'
-endpoint = 'http://localhost:3900'
-use_path_style = true
-bucket_name = 'pict-rs'
-region = 'garage'
-access_key = 'GK2182acf19c2bdb8b9c20e16e'
-secret_key = '0072105b8659adc02cce21d9135a88ebc279b3a35e170d23d31c63fb9307a168'
+type = 'filesystem'
+path = 'data/files-local'
+
+# [store]
+# type = 'object_storage'
+# endpoint = 'http://localhost:3900'
+# use_path_style = true
+# bucket_name = 'pict-rs'
+# region = 'garage'
+# access_key = 'GK2182acf19c2bdb8b9c20e16e'
+# secret_key = '0072105b8659adc02cce21d9135a88ebc279b3a35e170d23d31c63fb9307a168'
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index f358d11..2f8d33b 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ pub(crate) enum UploadError {
     #[error("Error in json")]
     Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
 
-    #[error("Error in cbor")]
-    Cbor(#[from] serde_cbor::Error),
-
     #[error("Range header not satisfiable")]
     Range,
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f0cfbb2..4c9332b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ async fn delete<R: FullRepo>(
     let token = DeleteToken::from_existing(&token);
     let alias = Alias::from_existing(&alias);
 
-    queue::cleanup_alias(&repo, alias, token).await?;
+    // cleanup alias inline
+    queue::cleanup::alias(&repo, alias, token).await?;
 
     Ok(HttpResponse::NoContent().finish())
 }
diff --git a/src/queue.rs b/src/queue.rs
index 16970d2..aa4fdcf 100644
--- a/src/queue.rs
+++ b/src/queue.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use reqwest_middleware::ClientWithMiddleware;
 use std::{future::Future, path::PathBuf, pin::Pin};
 use tracing::Instrument;
 
-mod cleanup;
+pub(crate) mod cleanup;
 mod process;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/src/queue/cleanup.rs b/src/queue/cleanup.rs
index 039bccd..3bd8bf0 100644
--- a/src/queue/cleanup.rs
+++ b/src/queue/cleanup.rs
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ where
 }
 
 #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
-async fn alias<R>(repo: &R, alias: Alias, token: DeleteToken) -> Result<(), Error>
+pub(crate) async fn alias<R>(repo: &R, alias: Alias, token: DeleteToken) -> Result<(), Error>
 where
     R: FullRepo,
 {
     let saved_delete_token = repo.delete_token(&alias).await?;
 
-    if saved_delete_token.is_some() && saved_delete_token != Some(token) {
+    if !saved_delete_token.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| t.ct_eq(&token)) {
         return Err(UploadError::InvalidToken.into());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/repo.rs b/src/repo.rs
index 430adfd..5fa8436 100644
--- a/src/repo.rs
+++ b/src/repo.rs
@@ -851,6 +851,10 @@ impl DeleteToken {
             None
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn ct_eq(&self, rhs: &Self) -> bool {
+        subtle::ConstantTimeEq::ct_eq(self.id.as_bytes(), rhs.id.as_bytes()).unwrap_u8() == 1
+    }
 }
 
 impl UploadId {