diff --git a/bin/restore.sh b/bin/restore.sh
index 6ea76563..b763cff8 100755
--- a/bin/restore.sh
+++ b/bin/restore.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 backup_path="$(pwd)/backup/"
 
 function restore_volume {
   volume_name=$1
   backup_destination=$2
 
   echo "Restoring $volume_name from $backup_destination"
-  docker run --rm -v $volume_name:/data -v $backup_destination:/backup quay.io/centos/centos:stream8 tar xvf /backup/$volume_name.tar -C /data --strip 1
+  docker run --rm -v $volume_name:/data -v $backup_destination:/backup quay.io/centos/centos:stream8 bash -c "rm -rf /data/* && tar xvf /backup/$volume_name.tar -C /data --strip 1"
 }
 
 echo "Stopping containers"
 docker-compose stop
 
 # We currently expect the volumes to exist.
 # We could alternatively create volumes form existing tar files
 # for f in backup/*.tar; do
 #     echo "$(basename $f .tar)" ;
 # done
 
 echo "Restoring volumes"
 volumes=($(docker volume ls -f name=kolab | awk '{if (NR > 1) print $2}'))
 for v in "${volumes[@]}"
 do
   restore_volume $v $backup_path
 done
 echo "Restarting containers"
 docker-compose start