diff --git a/openmapkit/Dockerfile b/openmapkit/Dockerfile
index 4cfc9b3..e03778e 100644
--- a/openmapkit/Dockerfile
+++ b/openmapkit/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add --virtual .deps git build-base paxctl py2-pip \
  && adduser -S -u 8007 -h /srv/openmapkit -s /bin/false -g omk -G omk omk \
  && apk --no-cache del .deps \
  && rm -rf /srv/openmapkit/.git* /srv/openmapkit/api/odk/pyxform/.git* \
- && rm -rf /root/* || true
+ && rm -rf /root \
+ && mkdir /root
 
 VOLUME ["/srv/openmapkit/data"]
 EXPOSE 8007