diff --git a/sda/cmd/mapper/mapper.go b/sda/cmd/mapper/mapper.go
index a7455342f..dcf6d0df1 100644
--- a/sda/cmd/mapper/mapper.go
+++ b/sda/cmd/mapper/mapper.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/neicnordic/sensitive-data-archive/internal/broker"
 	"github.com/neicnordic/sensitive-data-archive/internal/config"
 	"github.com/neicnordic/sensitive-data-archive/internal/database"
+	"github.com/neicnordic/sensitive-data-archive/internal/helper"
 	"github.com/neicnordic/sensitive-data-archive/internal/schema"
 	"github.com/neicnordic/sensitive-data-archive/internal/storage"
 
@@ -102,14 +103,14 @@ func main() {
 				}
 
 				for _, aID := range mappings.AccessionIDs {
-					log.Debugf("Mapped file to dataset (corr-id: %s, datasetid: %s, accessionid: %s)", delivered.CorrelationId, mappings.DatasetID, aID)
-					filePath, err := db.GetInboxPath(aID)
+					fileInfo, err := db.GetFileInfoFromAccessionID(aID)
 					if err != nil {
-						log.Errorf("failed to get inbox path for file with stable ID: %s", aID)
+						log.Errorf("failed to get file info for file with stable ID: %s", aID)
 					}
-					err = inbox.RemoveFile(filePath)
+
+					err = inbox.RemoveFile(helper.UnanonymizeFilepath(fileInfo.FilePath, fileInfo.User))
 					if err != nil {
-						log.Errorf("Remove file from inbox failed, reason: %v", err)
+						log.Errorf("Remove file from inbox %s failed, reason: %v", fileInfo.FilePath, err)
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/sda/internal/database/db_functions.go b/sda/internal/database/db_functions.go
index bf8843db7..3df680031 100644
--- a/sda/internal/database/db_functions.go
+++ b/sda/internal/database/db_functions.go
@@ -516,6 +516,39 @@ func (dbs *SDAdb) GetHeaderForStableID(stableID string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return header, nil
 }
 
+// GetFileInfoFromAccessionID retrieves the file information needed for mapping
+func (dbs *SDAdb) GetFileInfoFromAccessionID(accessionID string) (SyncData, error) {
+	var (
+		s   SyncData
+		err error
+	)
+
+	for count := 1; count <= RetryTimes; count++ {
+		s, err = dbs.getFileInfoFromAccessionID(accessionID)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(math.Pow(3, float64(count))) * time.Second)
+	}
+
+	return s, err
+}
+
+// getFileInfoFromAccessionID is the actual function performing work for GetFileInfoFromAccessionID
+func (dbs *SDAdb) getFileInfoFromAccessionID(accessionID string) (SyncData, error) {
+	dbs.checkAndReconnectIfNeeded()
+
+	const query = "SELECT submission_user, submission_file_path from sda.files WHERE stable_id = $1;"
+	var data SyncData
+	if err := dbs.DB.QueryRow(query, accessionID).Scan(&data.User, &data.FilePath); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Error while searching for id %s: %v", accessionID, err)
+
+		return SyncData{}, err
+	}
+
+	return data, nil
+}
+
 // GetSyncData retrieves the file information needed to sync a dataset
 func (dbs *SDAdb) GetSyncData(accessionID string) (SyncData, error) {
 	var (