diff --git a/roles/fedoauth/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedoauth/tasks/main.yml
index c37a3ffea4..874400e4e0 100644
--- a/roles/fedoauth/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedoauth/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
   environment:
       FEDOAUTH_CONFIG: /etc/fedoauth/fedoauth.cfg
 
+- name: Clean the database
+  command: /usr/bin/python2 /usr/share/fedoauth/cleanup.py
+  environment:
+      FEDOAUTH_CONFIG: /etc/fedoauth/fedoauth.cfg
+
 - name: set sebooleans so fedoauth can talk to the db
   action: seboolean name=httpd_can_network_connect_db
                     state=true