diff --git a/app/controllers/api/storage.php b/app/controllers/api/storage.php
index 879df731c9..6a9e0e01c0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/storage.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/storage.php
@@ -442,15 +442,15 @@ App::delete('/v1/storage/buckets/:bucketId')
             throw new Exception('Bucket not found', 404);
         }
 
+        if(!$dbForInternal->deleteDocument('buckets', $bucketId)) {
+            throw new Exception('Failed to remove project from DB', 500);
+        }
+        
         $deletes
             ->setParam('type', DELETE_TYPE_DOCUMENT)
             ->setParam('document', $bucket)
         ;
 
-        if(!$dbForInternal->deleteDocument('buckets', $bucketId)) {
-            throw new Exception('Failed to remove project from DB', 500);
-        }
-
         $events
             ->setParam('eventData', $response->output($bucket, Response::MODEL_BUCKET))
         ;