diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/scan/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/scan/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 2451947a1..298a248e3 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/scan/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/scan/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -75,12 +75,20 @@
         </configuration>
     </global>
 
-    <start to="CreateSimRel"/>
+    <start to="resetWorkingPath"/>
 
     <kill name="Kill">
         <message>Action failed, error message[${wf:errorMessage(wf:lastErrorNode())}]</message>
     </kill>
 
+    <action name="resetWorkingPath">
+        <fs>
+            <delete path="${workingPath}"/>
+        </fs>
+        <ok to="CreateSimRel"/>
+        <error to="Kill"/>
+    </action>
+
     <action name="CreateSimRel">
         <spark xmlns="uri:oozie:spark-action:0.2">
             <master>yarn</master>