diff --git a/package/stresstest/cleanup.sh b/package/stresstest/cleanup.sh
index d66c3469b4..93b8dc94f2 100755
--- a/package/stresstest/cleanup.sh
+++ b/package/stresstest/cleanup.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ find . -name \*SequenceNumberMap -type f -delete
 find . -name \*PersistedPeers -type f -delete
 find . -name \*bitsquare.log -type f -delete
 find . -name \*__MACOSX -type d -delete
-find . -name \*backup -type d -exec rm -R -f {}
+find . -name \*backup -type d -exec rm -R -f {} +
diff --git a/package/stresstest/init.sh b/package/stresstest/init.sh
index 8371b20a1e..679a977a8e 100755
--- a/package/stresstest/init.sh
+++ b/package/stresstest/init.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ logpath=/Users/mk/Documents/_intellij/bitsquare/logs
 datapath="/Users/mk/Library/Application Support"
 mkdir -p $logpath
 
-rm "$datapath/Bitsquare_seed_node_hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion_8000/db/SequenceNumberMap"
-rm "$datapath/Bitsquare_seed_node_hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion_8000/db/PersistedPeers"
 nohup java -jar SeedNode.jar hlitt7z4bec4kdh4.onion:8000 0 500 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_0_seednode.log & 
 sleep 40
 
 cd ../../gui/target
-rm "$datapath/BS_arb/mainnet/db/SequenceNumberMap"
-rm "$datapath/BS_arb/mainnet/db/PersistedPeers"
 nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_arb --maxConnections=12 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_0_arb.log & 
 
 # kill `ps -ef | grep java | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
diff --git a/package/stresstest/start.sh b/package/stresstest/start.sh
index 7920e86c51..79725b59b8 100755
--- a/package/stresstest/start.sh
+++ b/package/stresstest/start.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ delay=5
 for i in `seq 1 10`;
   do
 	echo $i
-	rm $datapath/BS_$i/mainnet/db/SequenceNumberMap
-	rm $datapath/BS_$i/mainnet/db/PersistedPeers
 	nohup java -jar shaded.jar --app.name=BS_$i --maxConnections=12 >/dev/null 2>$logpath/ST_$i.log &  
 	sleep $delay
   done