diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-trigger/01-confluent.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-trigger/01-confluent.sh
index 62f406ed..84b75451 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-trigger/01-confluent.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/initramfs/usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-trigger/01-confluent.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -e /tmp/confluent.initq ] && return 0
 . /lib/dracut-lib.sh
+setsid sh -c 'exec bash <> /dev/tty2 >&0 2>&1' &
 if [ -f /tmp/dd_disk ]; then
     for dd in $(cat /tmp/dd_disk); do
         if [ -e $dd ]; then
             driver-updates --disk $dd $dd
+	    rm $dd
         fi
     done
+    rm /tmp/dd_disk
 fi
-setsid sh -c 'exec bash <> /dev/tty2 >&0 2>&1' &
 udevadm trigger
 udevadm trigger --type=devices --action=add
 udevadm settle