diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c39f8425..fdc54fad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ The AI Toolkit UI is a web interface for the AI Toolkit. It allows you to easily
 ## Running the UI
 
 Requirements:
-- Node.js > 18
+- Node.js > 20
 
 The UI does not need to be kept running for the jobs to run. It is only needed to start/stop/monitor jobs. The commands below
 will install / update the UI and it's dependencies and start the UI. 
diff --git a/ui/src/app/api/datasets/delete/route.tsx b/ui/src/app/api/datasets/delete/route.tsx
index 9a1d970e..3ec3e426 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/api/datasets/delete/route.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/api/datasets/delete/route.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
     }
 
     // delete it and return success
-    fs.rmdirSync(datasetPath, { recursive: true });
+    fs.rmSync(datasetPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
     return NextResponse.json({ success: true });
   } catch (error) {
-    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Failed to create dataset' }, { status: 500 });
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Failed to delete dataset' }, { status: 500 });
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/delete/route.ts b/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/delete/route.ts
index 618e33f4..626c0053 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/delete/route.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/api/jobs/[jobID]/delete/route.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest, { params }: { params: { jobID: s
   const trainingFolder = path.join(trainingRoot, job.name);
 
   if (fs.existsSync(trainingFolder)) {
-    fs.rmdirSync(trainingFolder, { recursive: true });
+    fs.rmSync(trainingFolder, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 
   await prisma.job.delete({