diff --git a/lib/tasks/docker.rake b/lib/tasks/docker.rake
index 2bda8ca9..1b2faa0b 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/docker.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/docker.rake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 namespace :docker do
   desc 'Remove all Docker containers (using the CLI)'
   task :clean_up do
-    `docker rm $(docker ps --all --quiet)`
+    `docker rm --force $(docker ps --all --quiet)`
     `docker rmi $(docker images --filter dangling=true --quiet)`
   end