diff --git a/src/Blob/BlobSubscriber.php b/src/Blob/BlobSubscriber.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47ce09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Blob/BlobSubscriber.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Blob;
+
+use Dbp\Relay\BlobBundle\Entity\FileData;
+use Dbp\Relay\BlobBundle\Event\AddFileDataByPostSuccessEvent;
+use Dbp\Relay\BlobBundle\Event\ChangeFileDataByPatchSuccessEvent;
+use Dbp\Relay\BlobBundle\Event\DeleteFileDataByDeleteSuccessEvent;
+use Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Service\ConfigurationService;
+use Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\TypesenseSync\DocumentTranslator;
+use Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\TypesenseSync\TypesenseSync;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+
+class BlobSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
+{
+    private ConfigurationService $config;
+    private DocumentTranslator $translator;
+    private TypesenseSync $typesenseSync;
+
+    public function __construct(ConfigurationService $config, DocumentTranslator $translator, TypesenseSync $typesenseSync)
+    {
+        $this->config = $config;
+        $this->translator = $translator;
+        $this->typesenseSync = $typesenseSync;
+    }
+
+    private function isForCabinet(FileData $fileData): bool
+    {
+        $bucket = $fileData->getBucket();
+        if ($bucket->getBucketID() !== $this->config->getBlobBucketId()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if ($fileData->getPrefix() !== $this->config->getBlobBucketPrefix()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            AddFileDataByPostSuccessEvent::class => 'onFileAdded',
+            ChangeFileDataByPatchSuccessEvent::class => 'onFileChanged',
+            DeleteFileDataByDeleteSuccessEvent::class => 'onFileRemoved',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    private function translateMetadata(FileData $fileData): array
+    {
+        $metadata = json_decode($fileData->getMetadata(), associative: true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+        $objectType = $metadata['objectType'];
+        $input = [
+            'id' => $fileData->getIdentifier(),
+            'fileSource' => $fileData->getBucket()->getBucketID(),
+            'fileName' => $fileData->getFileName(),
+            'metadata' => $metadata,
+        ];
+
+        return $this->translator->translateDocument($objectType, $input);
+    }
+
+    public function onFileAdded(AddFileDataByPostSuccessEvent $event)
+    {
+        $fileData = $event->getFileData();
+        if (!$this->isForCabinet($fileData)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $translated = $this->translateMetadata($fileData);
+        $this->typesenseSync->upsertPartialFile($translated);
+    }
+
+    public function onFileChanged(ChangeFileDataByPatchSuccessEvent $event)
+    {
+        $fileData = $event->getFileData();
+        if (!$this->isForCabinet($fileData)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $translated = $this->translateMetadata($fileData);
+        $this->typesenseSync->upsertPartialFile($translated);
+    }
+
+    public function onFileRemoved(DeleteFileDataByDeleteSuccessEvent $event)
+    {
+        $fileData = $event->getFileData();
+        if (!$this->isForCabinet($fileData)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $translated = $this->translateMetadata($fileData);
+        $this->typesenseSync->removePartialFile($translated);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Command/DeleteFileCommand.php b/src/Command/DeleteFileCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99d6581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Command/DeleteFileCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Command;
+
+use Dbp\Relay\BlobLibrary\Api\BlobApiError;
+use Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Service\BlobService;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DeleteFileCommand extends Command
+{
+    private BlobService $blobService;
+
+    public function __construct(BlobService $blobService)
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+
+        $this->blobService = $blobService;
+    }
+
+    protected function configure(): void
+    {
+        $this->setName('dbp:relay:cabinet:delete-file');
+        $this->setDescription('Delete a file from the cabinet blob bucket');
+        $this->addArgument('id', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The ID of the file');
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
+    {
+        $fileId = $input->getArgument('id');
+
+        try {
+            $this->blobService->deleteFile($fileId);
+            $output->writeln("<info>File deleted successfully: $fileId</info>");
+
+            return Command::SUCCESS;
+        } catch (BlobApiError $e) {
+            $output->writeln('<error>Error deleting file: '.$e->getMessage().' </error>');
+            $output->writeln(print_r($e->getErrorId(), true));
+            $output->writeln(print_r($e->getErrorDetails(), true));
+
+            return Command::FAILURE;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Command/UploadFileCommand.php b/src/Command/UploadFileCommand.php
index 9bc2dc4..4314478 100644
--- a/src/Command/UploadFileCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/UploadFileCommand.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ protected function configure(): void
         $this->addArgument('filepath', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The path to the file to upload');
         $this->addOption('type', 't', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The type of the file');
         $this->addOption('metadata', 'm', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The metadata of the file');
+        $this->addOption('filename', 'f', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+            'The filename, defaults to the filename of the given filepath');
     }
 
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
             return Command::FAILURE;
         }
 
-        $filename = basename($filepath);
+        $filename = $input->getOption('filename') ?? basename($filepath);
         $payload = file_get_contents($filepath);
 
         if ($payload === false) {
diff --git a/src/EventSubscriber/BlobAddFileSuccessSubscriber.php b/src/EventSubscriber/BlobAddFileSuccessSubscriber.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 320d8fa..0000000
--- a/src/EventSubscriber/BlobAddFileSuccessSubscriber.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\EventSubscriber;
-
-use Dbp\Relay\BlobBundle\Event\AddFileDataByPostSuccessEvent;
-use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
-
-class BlobAddFileSuccessSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
-{
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-    }
-
-    public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
-    {
-        return [
-            AddFileDataByPostSuccessEvent::class => 'onPost',
-        ];
-    }
-
-    public function onPost(AddFileDataByPostSuccessEvent $event)
-    {
-        // dump($event);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Resources/config/services.yaml b/src/Resources/config/services.yaml
index 1137086..73b9f5c 100644
--- a/src/Resources/config/services.yaml
+++ b/src/Resources/config/services.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ services:
     autowire: true
     autoconfigure: true
 
+  Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Command\DeleteFileCommand:
+    autowire: true
+    autoconfigure: true
+
   Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Authorization\AuthorizationService:
     autowire: true
     autoconfigure: true
@@ -65,8 +69,8 @@ services:
     autowire: true
     autoconfigure: true
 
-  Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\EventSubscriber\:
-    resource: '../../EventSubscriber'
+  Dbp\Relay\CabinetBundle\Blob\:
+    resource: '../../Blob'
     autowire: true
     autoconfigure: true
 
diff --git a/src/Service/BlobService.php b/src/Service/BlobService.php
index 8f654c2..48ac25b 100644
--- a/src/Service/BlobService.php
+++ b/src/Service/BlobService.php
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ public function uploadFile(string $filename, string $payload, ?string $type = nu
         return $blobApi->uploadFile($this->config->getBlobBucketPrefix(), $filename, $payload, $metadata ?? '', $type ?? '');
     }
 
+    public function deleteFile(string $id): void
+    {
+        $blobApi = $this->getInternalBlobApi();
+
+        $blobApi->deleteFileByIdentifier($id);
+    }
+
     public function getSignatureForGivenRequest(Request $request): Response
     {
         if (!$this->auth->isAuthenticated()) {
diff --git a/src/TypesenseClient/SearchIndex.php b/src/TypesenseClient/SearchIndex.php
index ebc905d..394d208 100644
--- a/src/TypesenseClient/SearchIndex.php
+++ b/src/TypesenseClient/SearchIndex.php
@@ -91,6 +91,30 @@ public function addDocumentsToCollection(string $collectionName, array $document
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns all documents of type $type where $key matches $value.
+     */
+    public function findDocuments(string $collectionName, string $type, string $key, string $value): array
+    {
+        if (preg_match('/\s/', $value) || preg_match('/\s/', $type)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('no whitespace supported');
+        }
+        $filterBy = $key.':='.$value.' && @type := '.$type;
+        $searchResult = $this->getClient()->collections[$collectionName]->documents->search(['q' => '*', 'filter_by' => $filterBy]);
+
+        $documents = [];
+        foreach ($searchResult['hits'] as $hit) {
+            $documents[] = $hit['document'];
+        }
+
+        return $documents;
+    }
+
+    public function deleteDocument(string $collectionName, string $id): void
+    {
+        $this->getClient()->collections[$collectionName]->documents[$id]->delete();
+    }
+
     public function updateAlias(string $collectionName): void
     {
         $aliasName = $this->getAliasName();
diff --git a/src/TypesenseSync/TypesenseSync.php b/src/TypesenseSync/TypesenseSync.php
index 0fe46ef..4b93478 100644
--- a/src/TypesenseSync/TypesenseSync.php
+++ b/src/TypesenseSync/TypesenseSync.php
@@ -149,6 +149,32 @@ private static function generateRandomPDFNames($count = 50): array
         return $fileNames;
     }
 
+    public function upsertPartialFile(array $partialFileDocument): void
+    {
+        $collectionName = $this->searchIndex->getAliasName();
+
+        $id = $partialFileDocument['base']['identNrObfuscated'];
+
+        // Find the matching person, and copy over the base info
+        $results = $this->searchIndex->findDocuments($collectionName, 'Person', 'base.identNrObfuscated', $id);
+        if ($results) {
+            $partialFileDocument['base'] = $results[0]['base'];
+        } else {
+            // FIXME: what if the person is missing? Just ignore the document until the next full sync, or poll later?
+            // atm the schema needs those fields, so just skip for now
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->searchIndex->addDocumentsToCollection($collectionName, [$partialFileDocument]);
+    }
+
+    public function removePartialFile(array $partialFileDocument): void
+    {
+        $collectionName = $this->searchIndex->getAliasName();
+        $id = $partialFileDocument['id'];
+        $this->searchIndex->deleteDocument($collectionName, $id);
+    }
+
     public function addDummyDocuments(string $collectionName, array $personDocuments): void
     {
         $documents = [];