diff --git a/shared/sendkeys b/shared/sendkeys
index c6a29ec..d260415 100755
--- a/shared/sendkeys
+++ b/shared/sendkeys
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ then
  echo "$0: email the below to requestor"
  echo "--------------------------------"
  cat ${KEYSTORE}/*.pub |sort | uniq
+ rm -rf /var/tmp/keys.tar
  tar -cvf /var/tmp/keys.tar ~/.mykeys/_*.pub
  python3 ${BASE}/shared/attmail.py
  rm -f /var/tmp/keys.tar