diff --git a/src/device/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/device/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0c093b57005efbb604e1c316322942b2cdcb1c68..c216b14bfb50dbcfa8c8b455d24878234019ac33 100644
--- a/src/device/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/device/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ build device:
   stage: build
   before_script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
+    - docker ps -aq | xargs -r docker rm -f
+    - containerlab destroy --all --cleanup || true
   script:
     - docker buildx build -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" -f ./src/$IMAGE_NAME/Dockerfile .
     - docker tag "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"