diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 269d1a55c..e2fc58e27 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Application/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using FilterLists.Archival.Application.Commands;
 using FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure;
 using FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.Scheduling;
+using Hangfire;
 using MediatR;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ public static void UseApplication(this IApplicationBuilder app)
         private static void ScheduleArchival()
         {
 #if DEBUG
+            JobStorage.Current?.GetMonitoringApi()?.PurgeJobs();
             new EnqueueArchiveAllLists.Command().EnqueueBackgroundJob();
 #else
             new EnqueueArchiveAllLists.Command().AddOrUpdateRecurringJob(Hangfire.Cron.Daily);
diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/HangfireExtensions.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/HangfireExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb93fd1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/HangfireExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Hangfire;
+using Hangfire.Storage;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.Scheduling
+{
+    public static class HangfireExtensions
+    {
+        // https://github.com/HangfireIO/Hangfire/issues/394#issuecomment-179924221
+        public static void PurgeJobs(this IMonitoringApi monitoringApi)
+        {
+            var toDelete = new List<string>();
+            foreach (var queue in monitoringApi.Queues())
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < Math.Ceiling(queue.Length / 1000d); i++)
+                {
+                    toDelete.AddRange(monitoringApi.EnqueuedJobs(queue.Name, 1000 * i, 1000).Select(x => x.Key));
+                }
+            }
+
+            foreach (var jobId in toDelete)
+            {
+                BackgroundJob.Delete(jobId);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}