diff --git a/qbittorrent/files/qbittorrent.init b/qbittorrent/files/qbittorrent.init
index 1048615b..0186c378 100644
--- a/qbittorrent/files/qbittorrent.init
+++ b/qbittorrent/files/qbittorrent.init
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ start_service() {
 		mkdir -p $profile_dir/qBittorrent/config/
 		cp /usr/share/qbittorrent/qBittorrent.conf.example $profile_dir/qBittorrent/config/qBittorrent.conf
 	fi
+
+	rm -rf $profile_dir/qBittorrent/config/lockfile
+
 	procd_open_instance
 	procd_set_param command $PROG
 	procd_append_param command --webui-port=$port --profile=$profile_dir