diff --git a/packages/reservation-platform/docker/build_image.sh b/packages/reservation-platform/docker/build_image.sh
index b7fa7c0..2b14d7f 100755
--- a/packages/reservation-platform/docker/build_image.sh
+++ b/packages/reservation-platform/docker/build_image.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ echo "Docker image built successfully"
 
 # Compress the tar file using xz
 echo "Compressing the image to docker/${IMAGE_NAME}_${IMAGE_TAG}.tar.xz..."
+rm "${IMAGE_NAME}_${IMAGE_TAG}.tar.xz"
 xz -z docker/${IMAGE_NAME}_${IMAGE_TAG}.tar
 
 # Check if the compression was successful