diff --git a/cassandra/Vagrantfile b/cassandra/Vagrantfile
index 6a770a6c7652a28f6c3469ce9438ecfe4bbd825b..01e91ef0f6ec1f3a129ed9192abbeec6a993a64e 100644
--- a/cassandra/Vagrantfile
+++ b/cassandra/Vagrantfile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     apt-get install -y cassandra=3.0.9 dsc30 cassandra-tools
 
     # Minify
+    service cassandra stop
+    rm -rf /var/lib/cassandra/*
     apt-get clean
     dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M
     rm -f /EMPTY