diff --git a/distro/contents/install b/distro/contents/install
index 5d552ce..ae342ba 100755
--- a/distro/contents/install
+++ b/distro/contents/install
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ if [ -f $shared/$applist ]; then
 	echo -e "\nuninstalling existing apps \c"
 	while read line; do
 		if [ -z "$dryrun" ]; then 
-	  		rm $apps/$line 
+	  		 rm  $apps/$line
+             folder=${line:0:-4}
+             if [ ! -z "$folder" ]; then 
+             	rm -rf $apps/$folder
+             fi
 		fi
 	 echo -n "."
 	 sleep .01