diff --git a/root/etc/services.d/rq-dashboard/run b/root/etc/services.d/rq-dashboard/run
index de91643..55ae6fd 100644
--- a/root/etc/services.d/rq-dashboard/run
+++ b/root/etc/services.d/rq-dashboard/run
@@ -3,7 +3,22 @@
 # need to safely handle exiting the existing worker bots and
 # redis queue when container restarts or stops
 _term() {
-	/bin/bash /app/cleanup.sh
+	#/bin/bash /app/cleanup.sh
+	# Redis Cleanup
+	# killing existing workers before starting new ones
+	echo "killing existing workers..."
+	if [ -f "/tmp/diskover_bot_pids" ]; then
+	    /bin/bash /app/diskover/diskover-bot-launcher.sh -k > /dev/null 2>&1
+	    sleep 3
+	fi
+	# empty existing redis queue
+	echo "emptying current redis queues..."
+	rq empty -u redis://"${DISKOVER_ARRAY[REDIS_HOST]}":"${DISKOVER_ARRAY[REDIS_PORT]}" diskover_crawl diskover diskover_calcdir failed
+	sleep 3
+	# kill dangling workers
+	echo "killing dangling workers..."
+	/bin/bash /app/diskover/diskover-bot-launcher.sh -k > /dev/null 2>&1
+	sleep 3
 }
 
 trap _term SIGTERM
@@ -13,4 +28,4 @@ REDIS_CONF[REDIS_HOST]=${REDIS_HOST:-redis}
 REDIS_CONF[REDIS_PORT]=${REDIS_PORT:-6379}
 
 exec \
-	s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/rq-dashboard -H ${REDIS_CONF[REDIS_HOST]} -P ${REDIS_CONF[REDIS_PORT]}
+	s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/rq-dashboard -H ${REDIS_CONF[REDIS_HOST]} -P ${REDIS_CONF[REDIS_PORT]}
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