diff --git a/crud.py b/crud.py
index f84fac7..72d3826 100644
--- a/crud.py
+++ b/crud.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 from lnbits.db import SQLITE
 from lnbits.helpers import urlsafe_short_hash
 
-# todo: use the API, not direct import
-from ..satspay.crud import delete_charge  # type: ignore
 from . import db
 from .models import CreateService, Donation, Service
 
@@ -228,15 +226,18 @@ async def service_add_token(service_id, token):
     return True
 
 
-async def delete_service(service_id: int) -> None:
+async def delete_service(service_id: int) -> List[str]:
     """Delete a Service and all corresponding Donations"""
-    await db.execute("DELETE FROM streamalerts.Services WHERE id = ?", (service_id,))
     rows = await db.fetchall(
         "SELECT * FROM streamalerts.Donations WHERE service = ?", (service_id,)
     )
     for row in rows:
         await delete_donation(row["id"])
 
+    await db.execute("DELETE FROM streamalerts.Services WHERE id = ?", (service_id,))
+
+    return [row["id"] for row in rows]
+
 
 async def get_donation(donation_id: str) -> Optional[Donation]:
     """Return a Donation"""
@@ -257,7 +258,6 @@ async def get_donations(wallet_id: str) -> Optional[list]:
 async def delete_donation(donation_id: str) -> None:
     """Delete a Donation and its corresponding statspay charge"""
     await db.execute("DELETE FROM streamalerts.Donations WHERE id = ?", (donation_id,))
-    await delete_charge(donation_id)
 
 
 async def update_donation(donation_id: str, **kwargs) -> Donation:
diff --git a/helpers.py b/helpers.py
index 122651f..f3282a2 100644
--- a/helpers.py
+++ b/helpers.py
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ async def get_charge_status(charge_id: str, api_key: str) -> ChargeStatus:
         )
         r.raise_for_status()
         return ChargeStatus.parse_obj(r.json())
+
+async def delete_charge(charge_id: str, api_key: str):
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        headers = {"X-API-KEY": api_key}
+        r = await client.delete(
+            url=f"http://{settings.host}:{settings.port}/satspay/api/v1/charge/{charge_id}",
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+        r.raise_for_status()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/views_api.py b/views_api.py
index 0ef79d7..d3505b6 100644
--- a/views_api.py
+++ b/views_api.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     update_donation,
     update_service,
 )
-from .helpers import create_charge, get_charge_status
+from .helpers import create_charge, delete_charge, get_charge_status
 from .models import CreateDonation, CreateService, ValidateDonation
 
 
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ async def api_delete_donation(donation_id, g: WalletTypeInfo = Depends(get_key_t
             detail="Not authorized to delete this donation!",
         )
     await delete_donation(donation_id)
+    await delete_charge(donation_id, g.wallet.inkey)
     return "", HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT
 
 
@@ -272,5 +273,8 @@ async def api_delete_service(service_id, g: WalletTypeInfo = Depends(get_key_typ
             status_code=HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN,
             detail="Not authorized to delete this service!",
         )
-    await delete_service(service_id)
+    donations = await delete_service(service_id)
+    for d in donations:
+        await delete_charge(d, g.wallet.inkey)
+
     return "", HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT