diff --git a/api/build_alerts.sh b/api/build_alerts.sh
index 733e9b418..eac215c0f 100644
--- a/api/build_alerts.sh
+++ b/api/build_alerts.sh
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ function build_api(){
     }
     make_submodule
     docker build -f ./Dockerfile.alerts --build-arg envarg=$envarg -t ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/alerts:${git_sha1} .
+    cd ..
+    rm -rf alerts
     [[ $PUSH_IMAGE -eq 1 ]] && {
         docker push ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/alerts:${git_sha1}
         docker tag ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/alerts:${git_sha1} ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/alerts:${tag}latest
         docker push ${DOCKER_REPO:-'local'}/alerts:${tag}latest
     }
-    rm -rf alerts
 }
 
 check_prereq
-build_api $1
+build_api $1
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