diff --git a/templates/ovsovn-service-manager.sh.j2 b/templates/ovsovn-service-manager.sh.j2
index 7d3a65f..b995969 100644
--- a/templates/ovsovn-service-manager.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/ovsovn-service-manager.sh.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ START(){
     /usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl start --system-id=$hostname
     #Instruct OVSDB to listen on 127.0.0.2:6640 so the ovs-vsctl command from within a container can access OpenVswitch
     ovs-appctl -t ovsdb-server ovsdb-server/add-remote ptcp:6640
-
+    ovs-vsctl del-br br-int
+    
     ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge=br-int
     ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-remote={{OVN_SB_Connection}}
     ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-encap-type=geneve