diff --git a/deployments/arke/arke.yml b/deployments/arke/arke.yml
index 7ebdfda..70fe7ec 100644
--- a/deployments/arke/arke.yml
+++ b/deployments/arke/arke.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@
     shell: cd /home/josiah/arke/ && git pull
   - name: Build from the latest version
     shell: cd ~/arke/ && docker build -t arke -f dockerfile .
-  - name: Check if there are any existing arke containers running and kill it
+  
+  - name: Check if there are any existing arke containers running
+    shell: docker ps | grep 'arke' | awk '{print $1}'
+    register: result
+  - name: and kill it
     # this has to be a shell because command: isn't interactive
     shell: docker ps | grep 'arke' | awk '{print $1}' | xargs docker kill
+    when: result.stdout != ""
   - name: Remove any existing containers using the arke name, its mine and i must have it
     # this has to be a shell because command: isn't interactive
     shell: docker container rm arke