diff --git a/apps/server/src/app.ts b/apps/server/src/app.ts
index 27426126d..eb6c2c589 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/app.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   resolveExternalsDirectory,
   resolveStylesDirectory,
   resolvedPath,
+  clearUploadfolder,
 } from './setup/index.js';
 import { ONTIME_VERSION } from './ONTIME_VERSION.js';
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ const checkStart = (currentState: OntimeStartOrder) => {
 export const initAssets = async () => {
   checkStart(OntimeStartOrder.InitAssets);
   await dbLoadingProcess;
+  await clearUploadfolder();
   populateStyles();
   populateDemo();
 };
diff --git a/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts b/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts
index 899f065fc..636d36a83 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/setup/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import path, { dirname, join } from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
+import { rm } from 'fs/promises';
+
 import { config } from './config.js';
 import { ensureDirectory } from '../utils/fileManagement.js';
 
@@ -144,3 +146,11 @@ export const resolveCrashReportDirectory = getAppDataPath();
 
 // path to projects
 export const resolveProjectsDirectory = join(getAppDataPath(), config.projects);
+
+export async function clearUploadfolder() {
+  try {
+    await rm(uploadsFolderPath, { recursive: true });
+  } catch (_) {
+    //we dont care that there was no folder
+  }
+}