diff --git a/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py b/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py
index f1c5e3c..e87a9b4 100644
--- a/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py
+++ b/mojo-rtm/mojo-rtm.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def handle_messages(**payload):
             with open("/shared/state.json", "r") as json_File:
                 for line in json_File:
                     response.append(json.loads(line))
+            os.remove("/shared/state.json")
         elif "zalgo" in is_command[1]:
             # remove zalgo
             name_removal = re.sub("^zalgo .*?", "", is_command[1])