diff --git a/cli/commands/clean/clean.go b/cli/commands/clean/clean.go
index e38d84cb..a19ad650 100644
--- a/cli/commands/clean/clean.go
+++ b/cli/commands/clean/clean.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Copyright © 2023 Hugobyte AI Labs<hello@hugobyte.com>
 package clean
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/hugobyte/dive/common"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -17,6 +19,18 @@ func NewCleanCmd(diveContext *common.DiveContext) *cobra.Command {
 		Long:  `Destroys and removes any running encalves. If no enclaves running to remove it will throw an error`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			common.ValidateCmdArgs(args, cmd.UsageString())
+			pwd, err := os.Getwd()
+
+			if err != nil {
+				diveContext.FatalError("Failed cleaning with error: %v", err.Error())
+			}
+
+			_, err = os.Stat(pwd + "/dive.json")
+
+			if err == nil {
+				os.Remove(pwd + "/dive.json")
+			}
+
 			enclaveName := diveContext.GetEnclaves()
 			if enclaveName == "" {
 				logrus.Errorf("No enclaves running to clean !!")
diff --git a/cli/common/types.go b/cli/common/types.go
index ce5e5cdb..0656729d 100644
--- a/cli/common/types.go
+++ b/cli/common/types.go
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ func (diveContext *DiveContext) GetEnclaves() string {
 func (diveContext *DiveContext) Clean() {
 	diveContext.log.Info("Successfully connected to kurtosis engine...")
 	diveContext.log.Info("Initializing cleaning process...")
-
 	// shouldCleanAll set to true as default for beta release.
 	enclaves, err := diveContext.KurtosisContext.Clean(diveContext.Ctx, true)
 	if err != nil {