diff --git a/dockers/docker-compose.yaml b/dockers/docker-compose.yaml
index ec272d42770ee499534958698813eceb2c9db792..0204d0792e70c0c8cb5656e6d3dd619fe3ba51e4 100644
--- a/dockers/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/dockers/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -88,21 +88,21 @@ services:
       - "80:80"
       - "443:443"
 
-#  letsencrypt:
-#    image: "jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion:latest"
-#    container_name: "letsencrypt-helper"
-#    volumes:
-#      - "html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
-#      - "dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam"
-#      - "vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d"
-#      - "certs:/etc/nginx/certs"
-#      - "/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
-#    environment:
-#      NGINX_PROXY_CONTAINER: "reverse-proxy"
-#      DEFAULT_EMAIL: "m.petrova@fz-juelich.de"
-#    restart: "always"
-#    depends_on:
-#      - "reverse-proxy"
+  letsencrypt:
+    image: "jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion:latest"
+    container_name: "letsencrypt-helper"
+    volumes:
+      - "html:/usr/share/nginx/html"
+      - "dhparam:/etc/nginx/dhparam"
+      - "vhost:/etc/nginx/vhost.d"
+      - "certs:/etc/nginx/certs"
+      - "/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
+    environment:
+      NGINX_PROXY_CONTAINER: "reverse-proxy"
+      DEFAULT_EMAIL: "m.petrova@fz-juelich.de"
+    restart: "always"
+    depends_on:
+      - "reverse-proxy"
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:13
diff --git a/scripts/deployment.sh b/scripts/deployment.sh
index 71c4fab314a6166cdd591eee81867361d6c8214f..f83ba9eea765d619d4dfafec63dcb50383c70abe 100755
--- a/scripts/deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/deployment.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ -z ${6+x} ]; then unset AIRFLOW__CORE__FERNET_KEY; else export AIRFLOW__COR
 echo "DEBUG values: OLD_DIR=$OLD_DIR, ENTRYPOINT_DIR=$ENTRYPOINT and GIT_REPO=$GIT_REPO"
 echo "DEBUG using secrets backend: $AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND"
 echo "DEBUG backend args length: ${#AIRFLOW__SECRETS__BACKEND_KWARGS}"
-echo "DEBUG fernet key: ${AIRFLOW__CORE__FERNET_KEY}"
+#echo "DEBUG fernet key: ${AIRFLOW__CORE__FERNET_KEY}"
 
 
 cd $ENTRYPOINT
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ 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/*
+
 # Make the necessary folders for the airflow artefacts and copy the corresponging content
 mkdir -p ./dags ./logs ./plugins ./config ./templates
 cd $GIT_REPO