diff --git a/docker/helk_remove_containers.sh b/docker/helk_remove_containers.sh
index 450f331..e3daacf 100755
--- a/docker/helk_remove_containers.sh
+++ b/docker/helk_remove_containers.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ fi
 echo -e "${CYAN}${HELK_INFO_TAG}${STD} Removing all images..."
 # HELK Images
 #docker rmi "$(docker images -a | awk '{ print $1,$3 }' | grep 'otrf\|cyb3rward0g\|helk' | awk '{ print $2 }')" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
-docker rmi "$(docker images -a | awk '{ print $1,$3 }' | grep 'otrf\|cyb3rward0g\|helk\|logstash\|kibana\|elasticsearch\|cp-ksql' | awk '{ print $2 }')" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
+if [ "$(docker images -a | grep 'otrf\|cyb3rward0g\|helk\|logstash\|kibana\|elasticsearch\|cp-ksql' > /dev/null; echo $?)" == 0 ]; then
+    docker rmi "$(docker images -a | awk '{ print $1,$3 }' | grep 'otrf\|cyb3rward0g\|helk\|logstash\|kibana\|elasticsearch\|cp-ksql' | awk '{ print $2 }')" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
+fi
 #TODO: these get removed in docker compose remove, but at some point may be good to implement this.. either: 1) create custom HELK ELK and KSQL images and this won't be an issue/thing or.. 2) figure out how to give option even though using compose.. However, this is really low hanging fruit, not worried about it for now 2019-01-25
 # ELastic/Confluent Images, so give user option to remove them...as the user may be using those for other things on their system
 #echo -e "${CYAN}${HELK_INFO_TAG}${STD} You may be using the official, upstream, Elastic (ELK) and Confluent(KSQL) docker images for other components on your machine..."