diff --git a/src/router/upload.rs b/src/router/upload.rs
index 3620081..99e9354 100644
--- a/src/router/upload.rs
+++ b/src/router/upload.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ async fn upload_to_zip(
     let record = UploadRecord::new(archive_path);
     records.insert(cache_name.clone(), record.clone());
 
-    cache::write_to_cache(&records)
+    let records_cache = records.clone();
+    // Manually drop the records mutex guard
+    drop(records);
+
+    cache::write_to_cache(&records_cache)
         .await
         .map_err(|err| (StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, err.to_string()))?;