diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2 b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
index abf4330f06..01de7bba6f 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/templates/mirrorlist.service.j2
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Requires=docker.service
 TimeoutStartSec=0
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --detach --log-driver none --name %n -v /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist{{ item }}:/var/lib/mirrormanager:z -v /var/log/mirrormanager:/var/log/mirrormanager:z -p 1808{{ item }}:80 {{ mirrorlist_container_image }} -l /var/log/mirrormanager/%n.log
-ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker rm --force %n
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --rm --detach --log-driver none --name %n -v /srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist{{ item }}:/var/lib/mirrormanager:z -v /var/log/mirrormanager:/var/log/mirrormanager:z -p 1808{{ item }}:80 {{ mirrorlist_container_image }} -l /var/log/mirrormanager/%n.log
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop %n
 TimeoutStopSec=180
 
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