diff --git a/db-migration-worker/import.sh b/db-migration-worker/import.sh
index 0251a3582..8e949a123 100755
--- a/db-migration-worker/import.sh
+++ b/db-migration-worker/import.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ echo "UPLOADS_DIRECTORY        ${UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}"
 echo "-------------------------------------------------"
 
 mongo ${MONGODB_DATABASE} --eval "db.dropDatabase();"
-rm -f /mongo-export/*
+rm -rf /mongo-export/*
 
 ssh -4 -M -S my-ctrl-socket -fnNT -L 27018:localhost:27017 -l ${SSH_USERNAME} ${SSH_HOST}
 mongodump --host localhost -d ${MONGODB_DATABASE} --port 27018 --username ${MONGODB_USERNAME} --password ${MONGODB_PASSWORD} --authenticationDatabase ${MONGODB_AUTH_DB} --gzip --archive | mongorestore --gzip --archive