diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_remove.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_remove.c
index 983feb194dd622ed01b51a24904b0d6fc7a86ab9..ab07b87ab519bdd699790391ff9529cc5787e030 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_remove.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_scandir_remove.c
@@ -41,15 +41,29 @@ int ssexec_scandir_remove(int argc, char const *const *argv, ssexec_t *info)
     r = svc_scandir_ok(info->scandir.s) ;
     if (r < 0)
         log_dieusys(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "check: ", info->scandir.s) ;
-    if (r)
+    if (r) {
+
         log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_USER, "remove: ", info->scandir.s, ": is running")  ;
+        /* for now, i have a race condition
+        unsigned int m = 0 ;
+        int nargc = 3 ;
+        char const *newargv[nargc] ;
+
+        newargv[m++] = "stop" ;
+        newargv[m++] = "stop" ;
+        newargv[m] = 0 ;
+
+        if (ssexec_scandir_signal(m, newargv, info))
+            log_dieu(LOG_EXIT_SYS, "stop scandir: ", info->scandir.s) ;
+        */
+    }
 
     /** /run/66/scandir/0 */
     auto_rm(info->scandir.s) ;
 
     /** /run/66/scandir/container */
     info->scandir.len = 0 ;
-    if (!auto_stra(&info->scandir, info->live.s, SS_BOOT_CONTAINER_DIR, "/", info->ownerstr))
+    if (!auto_stra(&info->scandir, info->live.s, SS_SCANDIR, "/", SS_BOOT_CONTAINER_DIR))
         log_die_nomem("stralloc") ;
     auto_rm(info->scandir.s) ;