diff --git a/scripts/ligo.sh b/scripts/ligo.sh
index 236ebe98f..e780f3b53 100755
--- a/scripts/ligo.sh
+++ b/scripts/ligo.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if test "x$PWD" = "x"; then
   echo "Cannot detect the current directory, the environment variable PWD is empty."
   exit 1
 else
-  docker run -it -v "$PWD":"$PWD" -w "$PWD" ligolang/ligo:next "$@"
+  docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD":"$PWD" -w "$PWD" ligolang/ligo:next "$@"
 fi
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