diff --git a/roles/bitwarden_rs/templates/vaultwarden.service.j2 b/roles/bitwarden_rs/templates/vaultwarden.service.j2
index ad47ba5..001adbd 100644
--- a/roles/bitwarden_rs/templates/vaultwarden.service.j2
+++ b/roles/bitwarden_rs/templates/vaultwarden.service.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Description=Vaultwarden API server
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 NotifyAccess=all
+ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/podman container rm --force --ignore vaultwarden
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run \
     --pull never \
     --sdnotify=conmon --cgroups=no-conmon \