diff --git a/modelconverter/utils/docker_utils.py b/modelconverter/utils/docker_utils.py
index c13a2a1..641d25c 100644
--- a/modelconverter/utils/docker_utils.py
+++ b/modelconverter/utils/docker_utils.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def docker_exec(
 
     os.execlpe(
         "docker",
-        *f"docker compose -f {f.name} run modelconverter".split(),
+        *f"docker compose -f {f.name} run --remove-orphans modelconverter".split(),
         *args,
         os.environ,
     )