diff --git a/federation-member-ipfs/001-ipfs-config.sh b/federation-member-ipfs/001-ipfs-config.sh
index 7a2fd98c615fd1082d7e85673c356a11a202425f..1f7e2462b6e94c2cf221e1df055e35cab353672d 100755
--- a/federation-member-ipfs/001-ipfs-config.sh
+++ b/federation-member-ipfs/001-ipfs-config.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ipfs config Swarm.ConnMgr.LowWater --json 20
 ipfs config Swarm.ConnMgr.HighWater --json 40
 
 ipfs config show
+echo "Cleaning up the repo"
+ipfs repo gc
 echo "Adding /data/staging to IPFS..."
 ipfs add --pin=true --recursive --nocopy --cid-version 1 /data/staging