diff --git a/rpc.js b/rpc.js
index dad806a5b..83d166e2e 100644
--- a/rpc.js
+++ b/rpc.js
@@ -369,15 +369,19 @@ var getDeletedPads = function (Env, channels, cb) {
 
     var sem = Saferphore.create(10);
     var absentees = [];
+
+    var job = function (channel, wait) {
+        return function (give) {
+            getFileSize(Env, channel, wait(give(function (e, size) {
+                if (e) { return; }
+                if (size === 0) { absentees.push(channel); }
+            })));
+        };
+    };
+
     nThen(function (w) {
         for (var i = 0; i < L; i++) {
-            let channel = channels[i];
-            sem.take(function (give) {
-                getFileSize(Env, channel, w(give(function (e, size) {
-                    if (e) { return; }
-                    if (size === 0) { absentees.push(channel); }
-                })));
-            });
+            sem.take(job(channels[i], w));
         }
     }).nThen(function () {
         cb(void 0, absentees);
diff --git a/storage/tasks.js b/storage/tasks.js
index b25a3a637..85df70a8d 100644
--- a/storage/tasks.js
+++ b/storage/tasks.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ var write = function (env, task, cb) {
                 return void cb(err);
             }
         }));
-    }).nThen(function (w) {
+    }).nThen(function () {
         // write the file to the path
         Fs.writeFile(mkPath(env, id), str, function (e) {
             if (e) { return void cb(e); }