diff --git a/lib/next_ls.ex b/lib/next_ls.ex
index 4b9f1cf0..ee7044e3 100644
--- a/lib/next_ls.ex
+++ b/lib/next_ls.ex
@@ -454,21 +454,12 @@ defmodule NextLS do
 
     refresh_refs =
       dispatch(lsp.assigns.registry, :runtimes, fn entries ->
-        for {pid, %{name: name, uri: wuri, db: db}} <- entries, String.starts_with?(uri, wuri), into: %{} do
+        for {pid, %{name: name, uri: wuri}} <- entries, String.starts_with?(uri, wuri), into: %{} do
           token = Progress.token()
           Progress.start(lsp, token, "Compiling #{name}...")
 
           task =
             Task.Supervisor.async_nolink(lsp.assigns.task_supervisor, fn ->
-              DB.query(
-                db,
-                ~Q"""
-                DELETE FROM 'references'
-                WHERE file = ?;
-                """,
-                [URI.parse(uri).path]
-              )
-
               {name, Runtime.compile(pid)}
             end)
 
diff --git a/lib/next_ls/db.ex b/lib/next_ls/db.ex
index 749069b6..293e9a00 100644
--- a/lib/next_ls/db.ex
+++ b/lib/next_ls/db.ex
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ defmodule NextLS.DB do
   @spec insert_reference(pid(), map()) :: :ok
   def insert_reference(server, payload), do: GenServer.cast(server, {:insert_reference, payload})
 
+  @spec clean_references(pid(), String.t()) :: :ok
+  def clean_references(server, filename), do: GenServer.cast(server, {:clean_references, filename})
+
   def init(args) do
     file = Keyword.fetch!(args, :file)
     registry = Keyword.fetch!(args, :registry)
@@ -137,6 +140,22 @@ defmodule NextLS.DB do
     {:noreply, s}
   end
 
+  def handle_cast({:clean_references, filename}, %{conn: conn} = s) do
+    {:message_queue_len, count} = Process.info(self(), :message_queue_len)
+    NextLS.DB.Activity.update(s.activity, count)
+
+    __query__(
+      {conn, s.logger},
+      ~Q"""
+      DELETE FROM 'references'
+      WHERE file = ?;
+      """,
+      [filename]
+    )
+
+    {:noreply, s}
+  end
+
   def __query__({conn, logger}, query, args) do
     args = Enum.map(args, &cast/1)
 
diff --git a/lib/next_ls/runtime/sidecar.ex b/lib/next_ls/runtime/sidecar.ex
index c0b0d062..64ec9626 100644
--- a/lib/next_ls/runtime/sidecar.ex
+++ b/lib/next_ls/runtime/sidecar.ex
@@ -25,4 +25,10 @@ defmodule NextLS.Runtime.Sidecar do
 
     {:noreply, state}
   end
+
+  def handle_info({{:tracer, :start}, filename}, state) do
+    DB.clean_references(state.db, filename)
+
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
 end
diff --git a/priv/monkey/_next_ls_private_compiler.ex b/priv/monkey/_next_ls_private_compiler.ex
index 63e59164..e382a96e 100644
--- a/priv/monkey/_next_ls_private_compiler.ex
+++ b/priv/monkey/_next_ls_private_compiler.ex
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ defmodule NextLSPrivate.Tracer do
 
   @source "user"
 
-  def trace(:start, _env) do
+  def trace(:start, env) do
+    Process.send(
+      parent_pid(),
+      {{:tracer, :start}, env.file},
+      []
+    )
+
     :ok
   end