diff --git a/src/ipc/kawari/mod.rs b/src/ipc/kawari/mod.rs
index 6d15e17..7cdaf4c 100644
--- a/src/ipc/kawari/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/kawari/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ impl ReadWriteIpcSegment for CustomIpcSegment {
             CustomIpcType::NameIsAvailableResponse => 1,
             CustomIpcType::RequestCharacterList => 4,
             CustomIpcType::RequestCharacterListRepsonse => 1 + (1184 * 8),
-            CustomIpcType::DeleteCharacter => 4,
+            CustomIpcType::DeleteCharacter => 8,
             CustomIpcType::CharacterDeleted => 1,
             CustomIpcType::ImportCharacter => 132,
             CustomIpcType::RemakeCharacter => 1024 + 8,
diff --git a/src/world/database.rs b/src/world/database.rs
index 98b64e3..43bcf5e 100644
--- a/src/world/database.rs
+++ b/src/world/database.rs
@@ -478,10 +478,21 @@ impl WorldDatabase {
     pub fn delete_character(&self, content_id: u64) {
         let connection = self.connection.lock().unwrap();
 
-        let mut stmt = connection
-            .prepare("DELETE FROM character_data WHERE content_id = ?1; DELETE FROM characters WHERE content_id = ?1;")
-            .unwrap();
-        stmt.execute((content_id,)).unwrap();
+        // delete data
+        {
+            let mut stmt = connection
+                .prepare("DELETE FROM character_data WHERE content_id = ?1")
+                .unwrap();
+            stmt.execute((content_id,)).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        // delete char
+        {
+            let mut stmt = connection
+                .prepare("DELETE FROM characters WHERE content_id = ?1")
+                .unwrap();
+            stmt.execute((content_id,)).unwrap();
+        }
     }
 
     /// Sets the remake mode for a character