diff --git a/src/gcube-start-container.sh b/src/gcube-start-container.sh
index 4d8e9d9..29157a6 100644
--- a/src/gcube-start-container.sh
+++ b/src/gcube-start-container.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ newargs="$mode $newargs"
 [ -e "$GLOBUS_LOCATION/tmp" ] ||  mkdir -p $GLOBUS_LOCATION/tmp
 
 #clean up the services' state if needed
-[ -f "$GLOBUS_LOCATION/config/GHNProfile.xml" ] ||  rm -rf ~/.gcore
+#[ -f "$GLOBUS_LOCATION/config/GHNProfile.xml" ] ||  rm -rf ~/.gcore
 
 cd $GLOBUS_LOCATION
 echo "gCore is running with ($newargs) and logging into logs/container.log..."