diff --git a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
index 7cf9b80d9..31fe9e7a9 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
+++ b/alpine/packages/docker/etc/init.d/docker
@@ -22,5 +22,9 @@ start_pre() {
 
         ulimit -n 1048576
 
+	# temporary for alpha 4
+	rm -rf /var/lib/docker/overlay
+	rm -f /var/lib/docker/repositories-overlay
+
         return 0
 }