diff --git a/DOCKER/docker.sh b/DOCKER/docker.sh
index b052ee98..baa4f281 100755
--- a/DOCKER/docker.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/docker.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 # copy a directory from host to data-only volume
 if [[ $VC ]]; then
 	cd $VC
-	tar cf - . | docker run -i --volumes-from mintdata mint tar xvf - -C /data/tendermint
+	tar cf - . | docker run -i --rm --volumes-from mintdata mint tar xvf - -C /data/tendermint
 fi
 
 # run tendermint