diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
index a0ba4e1860b4..713fc78d09f5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SelfUpdateController.php
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class SelfUpdateController extends BaseController
         }
 
         $this->testWritable();
+        $this->clearCacheDir();
 
         copy($this->getDownloadUrl(), storage_path('app/invoiceninja.zip'));
 
@@ -158,6 +159,19 @@ class SelfUpdateController extends BaseController
         }
     }
 
+    private function clearCacheDir()
+    {
+        
+        $directoryIterator = new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator(base_path('bootstrap/cache'), \RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
+
+        foreach (new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($directoryIterator) as $file) {
+
+            unlink(base_path('bootstrap/cache/').$file->getFileName());
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
     private function testWritable()
     {
         $directoryIterator = new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator(base_path(), \RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS);