diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
index f3b4b19c..aecf0c4f 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/updater/main.py
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ class SourceUpdater(BaseUpdater):
 
     def replaceWith(self, path):
         app_dir = ss(Env.get('app_dir'))
+        data_dir = ss(Env.get('data_dir'))
 
         # Get list of files we want to overwrite
         self.deletePyc()
@@ -329,12 +330,15 @@ class SourceUpdater(BaseUpdater):
                         log.error('Failed overwriting file "%s": %s', (tofile, traceback.format_exc()))
                         return False
 
-        if Env.get('app_dir') not in Env.get('data_dir'):
-            for still_exists in existing_files:
-                try:
-                    os.remove(still_exists)
-                except:
-                    log.error('Failed removing non-used file: %s', traceback.format_exc())
+        for still_exists in existing_files:
+
+            if data_dir in still_exists:
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                os.remove(still_exists)
+            except:
+                log.error('Failed removing non-used file: %s', traceback.format_exc())
 
         return True