diff --git a/templates/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/repair_daemon_ddz.service.j2 b/templates/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/repair_daemon_ddz.service.j2
index f6bb9ba2c1708afe67356d338a067c1f610c3c88..950536fdda52c28a9fae0e90417d2001cabc45de 100644
--- a/templates/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/repair_daemon_ddz.service.j2
+++ b/templates/usr/local/lib/systemd/system/repair_daemon_ddz.service.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Repair Tool Daemon (DDZ)
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /home/{{ vault_service_user }}/.cache/SLUB_LZA_Reparaturtool.cache
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5 /usr/bin/repair_daemon.pl \
 	--sourcedir=/mnt/lza_repair_ddz/unprocessed/ \
 	--targetdir=/mnt/lza_repair_ddz/processed/ \