diff --git a/docker/backup_pg_to_s3.sh b/docker/backup_pg_to_s3.sh
index 86ef1691..ff509947 100755
--- a/docker/backup_pg_to_s3.sh
+++ b/docker/backup_pg_to_s3.sh
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ pg_dump -U postgres postgres > /tmp/$filename
 
 # upload to s3
 aws s3 cp /tmp/$filename s3://$S3_BUCKET_NAME/$filename
+
+rm /tmp/$filename