diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-status.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-status.ts
index ce3831f2..f5fcf6b6 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-status.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/crawl-status.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export async function crawlStatusController(
     nextURL.searchParams.set("limit", req.query.limit);
   }
 
+  // deprecated: this is done on queue-worker side now. if you see this after january 8, 2025, remove this
   if (data.length > 0) {
     if (!doneJobs[0].data.scrapeOptions.formats.includes("rawHtml")) {
       for (let ii = 0; ii < doneJobs.length; ii++) {
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ export async function crawlStatusController(
       }
     }
   }
+  // remove until here
 
   res.status(200).json({
     success: true,
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
index a48c798b..90c96cf6 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ async function processJob(job: Job & { id: string }, token: string) {
 
     const rawHtml = doc.rawHtml ?? "";
 
+    if (!job.data.scrapeOptions.formats.includes("rawHtml")) {
+      delete doc.rawHtml;
+    }
+
     const data = {
       success: true,
       result: {