diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
index 33c949b..b3bb9fc 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run build
         working-directory: frontend
       - run: mkdir build
-      - run: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+      - run: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..
         working-directory: build
       - run: cmake --build . -j
         working-directory: build
diff --git a/src/data/data_validate.cxx b/src/data/data_validate.cxx
index 008fcc4..9f3f7dc 100644
--- a/src/data/data_validate.cxx
+++ b/src/data/data_validate.cxx
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ void validate_node(const std::string &username, const std::filesystem::path &use
 
     if (node->file) {
         auto file = user_dir / std::to_string(node->id);
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(file) && node->size == 0) {
+            data_logger->warn("Created empty file for {}", name);
+            std::ofstream f{file};
+        }
         ok(std::filesystem::exists(file), "{} is missing file on disk", name);
         auto size = std::filesystem::file_size(file);
         ok(node->size == size, "{} size does not match (Node,Disk): {} != {}", name, node->size, size);
diff --git a/src/server/fs.cxx b/src/server/fs.cxx
index 8de7d2f..a3d2dc3 100644
--- a/src/server/fs.cxx
+++ b/src/server/fs.cxx
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ void Server::FS_delete_nodes(std::string &&token, std::vector<std::uint64_t> &&n
         stream.send(" Done\n");
 
         todo.pop();
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds{1});
     }
 
     stream.close();