diff --git a/photon/entrypoint.sh b/photon/entrypoint.sh
index a0e7397f746b607afff2ed0f34004c19734bdde8..18f3a484c66bfbb420f7514e0b5855ff4c777472 100755
--- a/photon/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/photon/entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ until [ -e "$FILE" ]; do
   sleep 5
 done
 
-rm -Rf ./photondata && mkdir photondata
+rm $FILE
+rm -Rf /photon/photon_data/elasticsearch
 
 # Create elasticsearch index
 if [ ! -d "/photon/photon_data/elasticsearch" ]; then