diff --git a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
index ffb06bc..fedf3d1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@
 
 - name: Pull and store containerimages
   ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: skopeo copy docker://{{ item }} docker-archive:./{{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}.tar:{{ item }}
+    cmd: >-
+      rm -f {{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}.tar:{{ item }}; \
+      skopeo copy \
+        docker://{{ item }} \
+        docker-archive:./{{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}.tar:{{ item }}
     chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
   register: imagedownload
   until: imagedownload is succeeded
diff --git a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
index 81bfa97..ad90c2d 100644
--- a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
@@ -97,4 +97,3 @@ dependencies:
     - lvm2
     - python3-passlib
     - skopeo
-