diff --git a/mambawelcome/mambawelcome.sh b/mambawelcome/mambawelcome.sh
index da0a4be..f3d2834 100755
--- a/mambawelcome/mambawelcome.sh
+++ b/mambawelcome/mambawelcome.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ dcop_write $"Configuring users and host..." 50
 echo $"Configuring users and host" | tee -a $LOG_FILE
 # configure user
 [ "$INSTALL_USER" ] && {
+   userdel -rf liveuser
    useradd $INSTALL_USER \
           -c "$INSTALL_USER_FULLNAME" \
           -G audio,filesharing,sysadmin,packager,lpadmin,video,nopermfs || {