diff --git a/plugin.sh b/plugin.sh
index 32e60b8..0f70105 100755
--- a/plugin.sh
+++ b/plugin.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ generate_secrets() {
   wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${VERSION}/${BINARY} -O /usr/bin/yq &&\
     chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
 
-  docker secret ls
   export DOCKER_HOST="ssh://$PLUGIN_USER@$PLUGIN_HOST:$PLUGIN_PORT"
-  docker secret ls
 
   for SECRET in $(yq r "$PLUGIN_COMPOSE" 'secrets.*.name'); do 
+    eval "docker secret rm \"$SECRET\" - || true";
     eval "echo \"generating $SECRET\""
     PW=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | head -c 40; echo)
     eval "echo \"$PW\" | docker secret create \"$SECRET\" -";