diff --git a/chatter/chat.py b/chatter/chat.py
index 327b8b4..10388e0 100644
--- a/chatter/chat.py
+++ b/chatter/chat.py
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ class Chatter(Cog):
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             )  # Pause to allow pending commands to complete before deleting sql data
             if os.path.isfile(self.data_path):
-                os.remove(self.data_path)
+                try:
+                    os.remove(self.data_path)
+                except PermissionError:
+                    await ctx.maybe_send_embed("Failed to clear training database. Please wait a bit and try again")
 
             self._create_chatbot(self.data_path, SpacySimilarity, 0.45, ENG_MD)