diff --git a/scripts/deployment.sh b/scripts/deployment.sh
index f83ba9eea765d619d4dfafec63dcb50383c70abe..c7067d1562f967a6c3e9f29730a2c0fb1b3e78d8 100755
--- a/scripts/deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/deployment.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ AIRFLOW_DIR=`pwd`
 echo "Project dir is set to: $AIRFLOW_DIR"
 echo "Proceeding as user $(whoami)"
 
-# clean out the target directory to ensure only new stuff is there
-rm -rf $AIRFLOW_DIR/*
+# clean out the target directory to ensure only new stuff is there | causes race conditions on light deployment, maybe add flag to script?
+# rm -rf $AIRFLOW_DIR/*
 
 # Make the necessary folders for the airflow artefacts and copy the corresponging content
 mkdir -p ./dags ./logs ./plugins ./config ./templates