diff --git a/namenode/run.sh b/namenode/run.sh
index d9645a8..1140184 100644
--- a/namenode/run.sh
+++ b/namenode/run.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ if [ -z "$CLUSTER_NAME" ]; then
   exit 2
 fi
 
+echo "remove lost+found from $namedir"
+rm -r $namedir/lost+found
+
 if [ "`ls -A $namedir`" == "" ]; then
   echo "Formatting namenode name directory: $namedir"
   $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hdfs --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR namenode -format $CLUSTER_NAME