diff --git a/autodeploy/setup.sh b/autodeploy/setup.sh
index 597eab4..46fb0af 100755
--- a/autodeploy/setup.sh
+++ b/autodeploy/setup.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ chgrp -R "$group" .pixi
 echo "copy permissions from owner to owner group"
 chmod -R g=u .pixi
 
-rm -rf "$DESTINATION_DIR/*"
+rm -rf "$DESTINATION_DIR"
 
 #echo "symlinking $PWD/.pixi/envs $PWD/../../envs"
 #"$SCRIPT_PATH/symlink.sh" "$PWD/.pixi/envs" "$PWD/../../envs"