diff --git a/scripts/run-config b/scripts/run-config
index 0fe0385..03d921d 100755
--- a/scripts/run-config
+++ b/scripts/run-config
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ def handle_stepnum(stepnum):
                     # password from stdin (see login case in vcontainer-common.sh).
                     "trap '%s-$(arch) memres stop 2>/dev/null || true' EXIT" % runtime,
                     "%s-$(arch) --config %s memres restart </dev/null" % (runtime, auth_config),
+                    # workaround for 'Error: reading blob sha256:<hash>: file integrity checksum failed for "<file>"'
+		    "%s-$(arch) image rm --all 2>/dev/null" % (runtime),
                 ]
                 tag_cmds = utils.getconfiglist("CONTAINER_TAG_CMDS", ourconfig, args.target, stepnum)
                 version_recipe = utils.getconfigvar("CONTAINER_VERSION_RECIPE", ourconfig, args.target, stepnum)