diff --git a/archivers/base_archiver.py b/archivers/base_archiver.py
index 076b7ca..50fa588 100644
--- a/archivers/base_archiver.py
+++ b/archivers/base_archiver.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Archiver(ABC):
         try:
             # TODO: is there a better way to manage the containers, like reusing?
             # https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver/issues/65
-            cmd_clean_docker = 'docker rm $(docker stop $(docker ps -a -q --filter ancestor=webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler --format="{{.ID}}"))'
+            cmd_clean_docker = 'docker rm $(docker ps -a -q --filter ancestor=webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler --format="{{.ID}}")'
             logger.info(f"Cleaning docker containers: {cmd_clean_docker}")
             os.system(cmd_clean_docker)
         except Exception as e: