diff --git a/deploy/ansible.yml b/deploy/ansible.yml
index a0be3e6e6..2240ebfd4 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 - hosts: "{{ deploy_hosts }}"
   remote_user: ubuntu
   tasks:
+    - name: cleanup previous backup files
+      shell: cd /jxdata/jx-callback/deploy && ./cleanup.sh
     - name: copy execute file to dest
       copy:
         src: ../jx-callback
@@ -17,6 +19,5 @@
         owner: ubuntu
         group: ubuntu
         mode: 0555
-        backup: yes
     - name: shell
       shell: cd /jxdata/jx-callback/conf && sed -i 's/runmode\s*=\s*.*/runmode = {{ runmode }}/' app.conf && sudo systemctl restart jx-callback
diff --git a/deploy/cleanup.sh b/deploy/cleanup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..49d6a345b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [ ! -d "../backup" ]; then
+    mkdir ../backup
+fi
+
+if [ -f "../jx-callback.*~" ] then
+    mv ../jx-callback.*~ ../backup/
+fi