diff --git a/sources/ucbVideo.go b/sources/ucbVideo.go
index 23adfb8..deb1286 100644
--- a/sources/ucbVideo.go
+++ b/sources/ucbVideo.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ func (v ucbVideo) ID() string {
 	return v.id
 }
 
+func (v ucbVideo) PlaylistPosition() int {
+	return 0
+}
+
 func (v ucbVideo) IDAndNum() string {
 	return v.ID() + " (?)"
 }
diff --git a/sources/youtubeVideo.go b/sources/youtubeVideo.go
index 52c871c..15c87a2 100644
--- a/sources/youtubeVideo.go
+++ b/sources/youtubeVideo.go
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ func (v YoutubeVideo) ID() string {
 	return v.id
 }
 
+func (v YoutubeVideo) PlaylistPosition() int {
+	return int(v.playlistPosition)
+}
+
 func (v YoutubeVideo) IDAndNum() string {
 	return v.ID() + " (" + strconv.Itoa(int(v.playlistPosition)) + " in channel)"
 }
@@ -120,6 +124,16 @@ func (v YoutubeVideo) download() error {
 	return videoInfo.Download(videoInfo.Formats.Best(ytdl.FormatAudioEncodingKey)[0], downloadedFile)
 }
 
+func (v YoutubeVideo) delete() error {
+	videoPath := v.getFilename()
+	err := os.Remove(videoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Debugln(v.id + " deleted from disk (" + videoPath + ")")
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (v YoutubeVideo) triggerThumbnailSave() error {
 	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}
 
@@ -199,6 +213,13 @@ func (v YoutubeVideo) Sync(daemon *jsonrpc.Client, claimAddress string, amount f
 		return errors.Prefix("publish error", err)
 	}
 
+	err = v.delete()
+	if err != nil {
+		// the video was published anyway so it should be marked as published
+		// for that to happen, no errors should be returned any further than here
+		log.Debugln(errors.Prefix("delete error", err))
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/ytsync.go b/ytsync.go
index 781709e..3ca763d 100644
--- a/ytsync.go
+++ b/ytsync.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const (
 type video interface {
 	ID() string
 	IDAndNum() string
+	PlaylistPosition() int
 	PublishedAt() time.Time
 	Sync(*jsonrpc.Client, string, float64, string) error
 }