diff --git a/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore
index 8ce7c3a..30ed2f9 100755
--- a/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore
+++ b/installers/charm/mongodb-k8s/actions/restore
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 ##
 
 DB_BACKUP_PATH=`action-get path`
-mongorestore --gzip --archive=$DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive
+mongorestore --gzip --archive=$DB_BACKUP_PATH/backup.archive --drop