diff --git a/occ_maintenance.sh b/occ_maintenance.sh
index 91e63fe..70bbc20 100755
--- a/occ_maintenance.sh
+++ b/occ_maintenance.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ usage() {
 clean_up() {
 
    # Perform program exit housekeeping
-   rm -f "$LOCK_DIR"
+   rm -rf "$LOCK_DIR"
    blank_line
    exit $1
 }