diff --git a/bolt/delete.go b/bolt/delete.go
index 40efa5b..e12ff4d 100644
--- a/bolt/delete.go
+++ b/bolt/delete.go
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ func (b *BoltBackend) DeleteEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		// seqb is the key where this event is stored at bucketRaw
 		seqb := key[8:]
-		if seqb == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
 
 		// calculate all index keys we have for this event and delete them
 		for _, k := range getIndexKeysForEvent(evt) {
diff --git a/bolt/save.go b/bolt/save.go
index 4ca82ec..26001c1 100644
--- a/bolt/save.go
+++ b/bolt/save.go
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ func (b *BoltBackend) SaveEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) error {
 
 		// raw event store
 		raw := txn.Bucket(bucketRaw)
-		seq, _ := raw.NextSequence()
+		seq, err := raw.NextSequence()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get sequence when saving: %w", err)
+		}
+
 		seqb := binary.BigEndian.AppendUint32(nil, uint32(seq))
 		if err := raw.Put(seqb, bin); err != nil {
 			return err