diff --git a/templates/example-nginx/_common.sh b/templates/example-nginx/_common.sh
index ec4aca2..8c9d4e1 100755
--- a/templates/example-nginx/_common.sh
+++ b/templates/example-nginx/_common.sh
@@ -145,3 +145,11 @@ check_required_env_vars() {
         fi
     done
 }
+
+function _root_remove_tree() {
+    local to_remove="$1"
+    parent=$(dirname "$to_remove")
+    abs_parent=$(realpath "$parent")
+    child=$(basename "$to_remove")
+    docker run --rm -v "$abs_parent":/data alpine rm -rf "/data/$child"
+}
diff --git a/templates/example-nginx/restore.sh b/templates/example-nginx/restore.sh
index 3377119..6760659 100644
--- a/templates/example-nginx/restore.sh
+++ b/templates/example-nginx/restore.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ bash ./uninstall.sh || die "Failed to uninstall service before restore"
 
 # Remove existing data folder
 echo "Deleting ALL data in $LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER."
-rm -rf "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"
+_root_remove_tree "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"
 [ ! -d "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER" ] || die "Failed to delete $LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"
 mkdir -p "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"
 [ -d "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER" ] || die "Failed to create $LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"
 
 # Restore data folder from backup
-if ! tar xzvf "$BACKUP_FILE" -C "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"; then
+#  --strip-components=1  removes the parent folder in the tgz from the restore paths.
+if ! tar xzvf  --strip-components=1 "$BACKUP_FILE" -C "$LOCAL_DATA_FOLDER"; then
     die "Failed to restore data folder from backup"
 fi