diff --git a/api/deployment/boot-docker.sh b/api/deployment/boot-docker.sh
index f27e405ee..4fe191f53 100755
--- a/api/deployment/boot-docker.sh
+++ b/api/deployment/boot-docker.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [ -f "$STATE_DIR/blockstack-server.db" ]; then
    DB_VERSION="$(blockstack-core db_version)"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
       # obsolete
-      rm -f "$STATE_DIR/*.db*"
+      rm -f "$STATE_DIR/*.db*" "$STATE_DIR/*.snapshots"
    fi
 fi