diff --git a/docker/app/run-development b/docker/app/run-development
index 4e03fab9..bc209c9a 100755
--- a/docker/app/run-development
+++ b/docker/app/run-development
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ until wget -qO - elasticsearch:9200; do
   sleep 2
 done
 
+until wget -qO - files/philomena; do
+  echo -n "."
+  sleep 2
+done
+
 echo
 
 # Try to create the database if it doesn't exist yet
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images.ex b/lib/philomena/images.ex
index a244f280..7ecaf8ff 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images.ex
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
     |> case do
       {:ok, %{image: image}} = result ->
         Uploader.persist_upload(image)
-        Uploader.unpersist_old_upload(image)
 
         repair_image(image)
         reindex_image(image)
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
     |> Repo.update()
     |> case do
       {:ok, image} ->
-        Uploader.unpersist_old_upload(image)
         purge_files(image, image.hidden_image_key)
         Thumbnailer.destroy_thumbnails(image)
 
@@ -262,7 +260,6 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images do
     |> case do
       {:ok, image} ->
         Uploader.persist_upload(image)
-        Uploader.unpersist_old_upload(image)
 
         repair_image(image)
         purge_files(image, image.hidden_image_key)
diff --git a/lib/philomena/images/uploader.ex b/lib/philomena/images/uploader.ex
index 8419b805..39111e11 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/images/uploader.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/images/uploader.ex
@@ -14,8 +14,4 @@ defmodule Philomena.Images.Uploader do
   def persist_upload(image) do
     Thumbnailer.upload_file(image, image.uploaded_image, "full.#{image.image_format}")
   end
-
-  def unpersist_old_upload(image) do
-    Thumbnailer.destroy_thumbnails(image)
-  end
 end