diff --git a/scripts/deployment.sh b/scripts/deployment.sh
index 00410ffbbd32c0e764956edd321c62e8fdd602ce..ff1f39fa236ee9a68b09c04dcccb1f6f92484be6 100755
--- a/scripts/deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/deployment.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ echo "Proceeding as user $(whoami)"
 # Make the necessary folders for the airflow artefacts and copy the corresponging content
 mkdir -p ./dags ./logs ./plugins ./config ./templates
 cd $GIT_REPO
-rm -rf $AIRFLOW_DIR/dags && mkdir $AIRFLOW_DIR/dags && git clone $DAG_GIT_URL $AIRFLOW_DIR/dags
+rm -rf $AIRFLOW_DIR/dags/{*,.[!.]*]} && git clone $DAG_GIT_URL $AIRFLOW_DIR/dags # rm contents of directory, but not directory itself, since this may cause issues with dag scheduler
 cp -r plugins/* $AIRFLOW_DIR/plugins
 cp config/* $AIRFLOW_DIR/config/
 cp -r templates/* $AIRFLOW_DIR/templates