diff --git a/bridgehead b/bridgehead
index 09b46f5..58bb92b 100755
--- a/bridgehead
+++ b/bridgehead
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		# Kill stale secret-sync instances if present
 		docker kill $(docker ps -q --filter ancestor=docker.verbis.dkfz.de/cache/samply/secret-sync-local) 2>/dev/null || true
 		# HACK: This is temporarily to properly shut down false bridgehead instances (bridgehead-ccp instead ccp)
-		$COMPOSE -p bridgehead-$PROJECT -f ./minimal/docker-compose.yml -f ./$PROJECT/docker-compose.yml $OVERRIDE down
-		exec $COMPOSE -p $PROJECT -f ./minimal/docker-compose.yml -f ./$PROJECT/docker-compose.yml $OVERRIDE down
+		$COMPOSE -p bridgehead-$PROJECT -f ./minimal/docker-compose.yml -f ./$PROJECT/docker-compose.yml $OVERRIDE down --remove-orphans
+		exec $COMPOSE -p $PROJECT -f ./minimal/docker-compose.yml -f ./$PROJECT/docker-compose.yml $OVERRIDE down --remove-orphans
 		;;
 	is-running)
 		bk_is_running