diff --git a/container_files/usr-local-bin/library.sh b/container_files/usr-local-bin/library.sh
index 2a8683ab..ff86d3b1 100755
--- a/container_files/usr-local-bin/library.sh
+++ b/container_files/usr-local-bin/library.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ prepConf() {
 
 
 finishPrep() {
+
+    # clear out existing supervisord config
+    cat /opt/tier-support/supervisord-base.conf > /opt/tier-support/supervisord.conf
+
     # construct the supervisord file based on FLAGS passed in or what was in CMD
     if [ "$RUN_APACHE" = "true" ]
       then