diff --git a/src/contentmanager.cpp b/src/contentmanager.cpp
index 93f0846..ffcd191 100644
--- a/src/contentmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/contentmanager.cpp
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ void ContentManager::cancelBook(const QString& id)
     if (download->getStatus() != kiwix::Download::K_COMPLETE) {
         download->cancelDownload();
     }
+    m_downloads.remove(id);
+
     QString dirPath = QString::fromStdString(kiwix::removeLastPathElement(download->getPath()));
     QString filename = QString::fromStdString(kiwix::getLastPathElement(download->getPath())) + "*";
     // incompleted downloaded file should be perma deleted
diff --git a/src/contentmanagermodel.cpp b/src/contentmanagermodel.cpp
index 9610414..4c80d3d 100644
--- a/src/contentmanagermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/contentmanagermodel.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ void ContentManagerModel::resumeDownload(QModelIndex index)
 
 void ContentManagerModel::removeDownload(QString bookId)
 {
-    m_downloads.remove(bookId);
     const auto it = bookIdToRowMap.constFind(bookId);
     if ( it == bookIdToRowMap.constEnd() )
         return;