diff --git a/archivers/base_archiver.py b/archivers/base_archiver.py
index 40ad861..076b7ca 100644
--- a/archivers/base_archiver.py
+++ b/archivers/base_archiver.py
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ class Archiver(ABC):
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"WACZ generation failed: {e}")
             return
+        try:
+            # TODO: is there a better way to manage the containers, like reusing?
+            # https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver/issues/65
+            cmd_clean_docker = 'docker rm $(docker stop $(docker ps -a -q --filter ancestor=webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler --format="{{.ID}}"))'
+            logger.info(f"Cleaning docker containers: {cmd_clean_docker}")
+            os.system(cmd_clean_docker)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Could not clean dangling docker containers: {e}")
 
         filename = os.path.join(browsertrix_home, "collections", collection, f"{collection}.wacz")