diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dae739e..080213a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3Ee
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.1/go.mod h1:3HaPG6Dq1ILlpPZRO0HVMrsydcdLt6HRDccSgb87qRg=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3/go.mod h1:WZIdtGGp+qx0sLrYKtIRAruyNpv6hFCicSgv7Sy7s/s=
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.4.1/go.mod h1:ayKnFf/c6rvx/2iiLrJUk1e6plDbT3edrFNGqEflhK0=
 github.com/tv42/httpunix v0.0.0-20150427012821-b75d8614f926/go.mod h1:9ESjWnEqriFuLhtthL60Sar/7RFoluCcXsuvEwTV5KM=
@@ -843,11 +846,10 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.2 h1:TpQ+/dqCY4uCigCFyrfnrJnrW9zjpelWVoEVNy5qJkc=
 gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.2/go.mod h1:qxAuCol+2r6PannQDpOP1FP6ag3mKi4esLnB/jHed+4=
-gorm.io/gorm v1.25.1 h1:nsSALe5Pr+cM3V1qwwQ7rOkw+6UeLrX5O4v3llhHa64=
-gorm.io/gorm v1.25.1/go.mod h1:L4uxeKpfBml98NYqVqwAdmV1a2nBtAec/cf3fpucW/k=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.25.2-0.20230530020048-26663ab9bf55 h1:sC1Xj4TYrLqg1n3AN10w871An7wJM0gzgcm8jkIkECQ=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.25.2-0.20230530020048-26663ab9bf55/go.mod h1:L4uxeKpfBml98NYqVqwAdmV1a2nBtAec/cf3fpucW/k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d42a237..e165eec 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ type ChatUser struct {
 	Username string
 }
 
+type SentMessage struct {
+	gorm.Model
+	MessageId int
+	ChatID    int64
+}
+
 var DB *gorm.DB
 
 func ConnectDB() {
@@ -41,6 +48,11 @@ func ConnectDB() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	err = DB.AutoMigrate(&SentMessage{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 }
 
 func InitBot() *tele.Bot {
@@ -114,13 +126,40 @@ func handleAll(c tele.Context) error {
 			end = len(mentions)
 		}
 
-		if err := c.Send(strings.Join(mentions[i:end], " "), tele.ModeHTML); err != nil {
+		msg, err := c.Bot().Send(c.Recipient(), strings.Join(mentions[i:end], " "), tele.ModeHTML)
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		DB.Create(&SentMessage{
+			MessageId: msg.ID,
+			ChatID:    msg.Chat.ID,
+		})
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func deleteOldSentMessages(b *tele.Bot) {
+	for range time.Tick(time.Second * 10) {
+		deleteBefore := time.Now().Add(-7 * 24 * time.Hour)
+		var msg SentMessage
+		result := DB.Where("created_at < ?", deleteBefore).Limit(1).Find(&msg)
+		if result.RowsAffected != 1 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		err := b.Delete(tele.StoredMessage{
+			MessageID: strconv.Itoa(msg.MessageId),
+			ChatID:    msg.ChatID,
+		})
+		if err == nil {
+			log.Printf("deleted message %v from chat %v", msg.MessageId, msg.ChatID)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("failed to delete message %v from chat %v", msg.MessageId, msg.ChatID)
+		}
+		DB.Delete(&msg)
+	}
+}
+
 func handleStats(c tele.Context) error {
 	var userCount int64
 	var chatCount int64
@@ -193,5 +232,6 @@ func main() {
 	b.Handle("/cleanup", handleCleanup)
 	b.Handle(tele.OnUserLeft, handleUserLeft)
 	b.Handle(tele.OnUserJoined, handleUserJoined)
+	go deleteOldSentMessages(b)
 	b.Start()
 }