diff --git a/scripts/dispatcher.py b/scripts/dispatcher.py
index c42e3c2..3a6d21d 100644
--- a/scripts/dispatcher.py
+++ b/scripts/dispatcher.py
@@ -225,7 +225,12 @@ def do_extract(job: sqlite3.Row, worker: dict) -> str:
             _, err, _ = ssh(worker["ssh_alias"], f"cat /tmp/cosma-ffmpeg-{job['id']}.log 2>/dev/null | tail -5 || echo ''")
             raise RuntimeError(f"ffmpeg failed on {v}: {err[:200]}")
         idx = count_frames(worker, frames_dir)
+        # Free MP4 cache immediately: thin pool on Proxmox host is tight and src_*.MP4
+        # are 1-11 GB each. Frames are already extracted so worker_src is no longer needed.
+        ssh(worker["ssh_alias"], f"rm -f {shlex.quote(worker_src)}")
         set_status(job["id"], frame_count=idx, progress=min(99, idx * 100 // total_frames_est))
+    # Trim once per job so LVM thin pool on the host actually reclaims the freed blocks.
+    ssh(worker["ssh_alias"], "sudo fstrim / 2>/dev/null || fstrim / 2>/dev/null", timeout=60)
     return frames_dir