diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fabb9b09..a2a70cda 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "conduit_macros",
  "const-str",
  "ctor",
+ "cyborgtime",
  "either",
  "figment",
  "hardened_malloc-rs",
@@ -790,7 +791,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "conduit_core",
  "conduit_database",
  "const-str",
- "cyborgtime",
  "futures-util",
  "hickory-resolver",
  "http",
diff --git a/src/admin/media/commands.rs b/src/admin/media/commands.rs
index 3894d5df..385419eb 100644
--- a/src/admin/media/commands.rs
+++ b/src/admin/media/commands.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ pub(super) async fn delete_list(&self) -> Result<RoomMessageEventContent> {
 
 #[admin_command]
 pub(super) async fn delete_past_remote_media(&self, duration: String, force: bool) -> Result<RoomMessageEventContent> {
+	let duration = parse_timepoint_ago(&duration)?;
 	let deleted_count = self
 		.services
 		.media
diff --git a/src/core/Cargo.toml b/src/core/Cargo.toml
index 2e2b0581..cc5865c8 100644
--- a/src/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ clap.workspace = true
 conduit-macros.workspace = true
 const-str.workspace = true
 ctor.workspace = true
+cyborgtime.workspace = true
 either.workspace = true
 figment.workspace = true
 http-body-util.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/core/utils/time.rs b/src/core/utils/time.rs
index 9a31632e..04f47ac3 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/time.rs
+++ b/src/core/utils/time.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
+use crate::{err, Result};
+
 #[inline]
 #[must_use]
 #[allow(clippy::as_conversions, clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
@@ -10,6 +12,22 @@ pub fn now_millis() -> u64 {
 		.as_millis() as u64
 }
 
+#[inline]
+pub fn parse_timepoint_ago(ago: &str) -> Result<SystemTime> { timepoint_ago(parse_duration(ago)?) }
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn timepoint_ago(duration: Duration) -> Result<SystemTime> {
+	SystemTime::now()
+		.checked_sub(duration)
+		.ok_or_else(|| err!(Arithmetic("Duration {duration:?} is too large")))
+}
+
+#[inline]
+pub fn parse_duration(duration: &str) -> Result<Duration> {
+	cyborgtime::parse_duration(duration)
+		.map_err(|error| err!("'{duration:?}' is not a valid duration string: {error:?}"))
+}
+
 #[must_use]
 pub fn rfc2822_from_seconds(epoch: i64) -> String {
 	use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
diff --git a/src/service/Cargo.toml b/src/service/Cargo.toml
index 92563934..cfed5a0e 100644
--- a/src/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ bytes.workspace = true
 conduit-core.workspace = true
 conduit-database.workspace = true
 const-str.workspace = true
-cyborgtime.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 hickory-resolver.workspace = true
 http.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/service/media/mod.rs b/src/service/media/mod.rs
index 5e3f82b3..db0b8459 100644
--- a/src/service/media/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/media/mod.rs
@@ -196,14 +196,7 @@ impl Service {
 
 	/// Deletes all remote only media files in the given at or after
 	/// time/duration. Returns a u32 with the amount of media files deleted.
-	pub async fn delete_all_remote_media_at_after_time(&self, time: String, force: bool) -> Result<usize> {
-		let user_duration: SystemTime = match cyborgtime::parse_duration(&time) {
-			Err(e) => return Err!(Database(error!("Failed to parse specified time duration: {e}"))),
-			Ok(duration) => SystemTime::now()
-				.checked_sub(duration)
-				.ok_or(err!(Arithmetic("Duration {duration:?} is too large")))?,
-		};
-
+	pub async fn delete_all_remote_media_at_after_time(&self, time: SystemTime, force: bool) -> Result<usize> {
 		let all_keys = self.db.get_all_media_keys();
 
 		let mut remote_mxcs = Vec::with_capacity(all_keys.len());
@@ -271,7 +264,7 @@ impl Service {
 			};
 
 			debug!("File created at: {file_created_at:?}");
-			if file_created_at <= user_duration {
+			if file_created_at <= time {
 				debug!("File is within user duration, pushing to list of file paths and keys to delete.");
 				remote_mxcs.push(mxc.to_string());
 			}
@@ -284,7 +277,7 @@ impl Service {
 			return Err!(Database("Did not found any eligible MXCs to delete."));
 		}
 
-		debug_info!("Deleting media now in the past {user_duration:?}.");
+		debug_info!("Deleting media now in the past {time:?}.");
 		let mut deletion_count: usize = 0;
 		for mxc in remote_mxcs {
 			let mxc: Mxc<'_> = mxc.as_str().try_into()?;