diff --git a/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh b/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh
index 4d7d5ff0b0..51806fcea6 100644
--- a/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh
+++ b/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ wait_simd() {
 }
 # this script is used to recreate the data dir
 echo clearing /root/.simapp
-rm -rf /root/.simapp
+rm -rf /root/.simapp/*
 echo initting new chain
 # init config files
 simd init simd --chain-id testing
diff --git a/contrib/rosetta/rosetta-ci/data.tar.gz b/contrib/rosetta/rosetta-ci/data.tar.gz
index 07bf564364..7290a7bc1a 100644
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