diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 4d03f39..6c62e17 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ openDatabase() {
 	then
 		mkdir -p "$tempdir"
 	fi
+	rm -f "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
 	mkfifo "$tempdir"/sqlite.{in,out}
 	if [ ! -f "$database" ]
 	then