diff --git a/src/main/java/com/olympus/apollo/services/DeletionService.java b/src/main/java/com/olympus/apollo/services/DeletionService.java
index ad80796..aaef865 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/olympus/apollo/services/DeletionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/olympus/apollo/services/DeletionService.java
@@ -78,13 +78,16 @@ public class DeletionService {
     public void deleteRecordsOnlyFromVectorStore(DeletionRequest deletionRequest) {
         try {
 
+            KSDocument ksDocument = ksDocumentRepository.findById(deletionRequest.getKsDocumentId()).get();
+            ksDocument.setIngestionStatus("DELETING");
+            ksDocumentRepository.save(ksDocument);
 
             String rag_filter = "KsDocumentId=='"+deletionRequest.getKsDocumentId()+"'";
+
             logger.info("Starting deletion");
             vectorStore.delete(rag_filter);
 
             //elimino dal vectorStore ma mantengo il record
-            KSDocument ksDocument = ksDocumentRepository.findById(deletionRequest.getKsDocumentId()).get();
             ksDocument.setIngestionStatus("LOADED");
             Date now = new Date();
             ksDocument.setIngestionDate(now);