diff --git a/src/email.ts b/src/email.ts
index f916022..f8916d4 100644
--- a/src/email.ts
+++ b/src/email.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface ImapClientI {
   ) => Promise<FetchMessageObject[]>;
   connect: () => Promise<void>;
   getMailboxLock: (mailbox: string) => Promise<MailboxLockObject>;
-  messageDelete: (uids: number[]) => Promise<boolean>;
+  messageDelete: (uids: number[], opts: any) => Promise<boolean>;
   close: () => void;
 }
 
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ export const perform = (
     // cleanup.
     TE.bind("deleted", ({ imap, uid, mailboxLock }) =>
       TE.tryCatch(
-        //        () => imap.messageDelete([uid], { uid: true }),
-        () => imap.messageDelete([uid]),
+        () => imap.messageDelete([uid], { uid: true }),
         ToErrorWithLock(mailboxLock),
       ),
     ),
diff --git a/tst/email.spec.ts b/tst/email.spec.ts
index 5f2aa90..7315816 100644
--- a/tst/email.spec.ts
+++ b/tst/email.spec.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ test("cleans up sent messages from inbox", async () => {
     perform(emailJob, mockDependencies),
     TE.map(() => {
       expect(imap.messageDelete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(imap.messageDelete).toHaveBeenCalledWith([1]);
+      expect(imap.messageDelete).toHaveBeenCalledWith([1], { uid: true });
     }),
     TE.mapLeft(() => expect(false).toBeTruthy()),
   )();