diff --git a/lib/docker/container.go b/lib/docker/container.go
index b57fbb3f..966007c7 100644
--- a/lib/docker/container.go
+++ b/lib/docker/container.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"time"
+	"os"
 
 	dockerTypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
@@ -19,6 +20,21 @@ func CreateApplicationContainer(containerCfg types.ApplicationContainer) (string
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	volume := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", containerCfg.StoreDir, containerCfg.WorkDir)
 
+	// Create the host directory for bind mount with appropriate permissions
+    err := os.MkdirAll(containerCfg.StoreDir, 0755)
+    if err != nil {
+        return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
+    }
+	// Set proper permissions for the host directory
+	err = os.Chown(containerCfg.StoreDir, os.Getuid(), os.Getgid())
+	if err != nil { 
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to set ownership: %w", err)
+	}
+	err = os.Chmod(containerCfg.StoreDir, 0755)
+	if err != nil { 
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to set permissions: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// convert map to list of strings
 	envArr := []string{}
 	for key, value := range containerCfg.Env {
diff --git a/lib/docker/delete.go b/lib/docker/delete.go
index f989bdf6..bc5f9f7f 100644
--- a/lib/docker/delete.go
+++ b/lib/docker/delete.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package docker
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/sdslabs/gasper/lib/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -8,8 +10,38 @@ import (
 // DeleteContainer deletes a docker container
 func DeleteContainer(containerID string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	err := StopContainer(containerID)
 
+	// Inspect the container to get its working directory
+	containerJSON, err := cli.ContainerInspect(ctx, containerID)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.LogError("Docker-DeleteContainer-1", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	workingDir := containerJSON.Config.WorkingDir
+	if workingDir != "" {
+		// Clear the working directory inside the container, including hidden files and directories
+		cmd := []string{"sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf("rm -rf %s/* %s/.*", workingDir, workingDir)}
+		execConfig := types.ExecConfig{
+			Cmd:          cmd,
+			AttachStdout: true,
+			AttachStderr: true,
+			Privileged:   true,
+		}
+
+		execIDResp, err := cli.ContainerExecCreate(ctx, containerID, execConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			utils.LogError("Docker-DeleteContainer-2", err)
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = cli.ContainerExecStart(ctx, execIDResp.ID, types.ExecStartCheck{})
+		if err != nil {
+			utils.LogError("Docker-DeleteContainer-3", err)
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = StopContainer(containerID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/build/install_fresh.sh b/scripts/build/install_fresh.sh
index 5f42766c..9cc3e7af 100755
--- a/scripts/build/install_fresh.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/install_fresh.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mkdir -p bin
 tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t ci-XXXXXXXXXX)
 cd $tmp_dir
 GOPATH=$tmp_dir go install github.com/pilu/fresh@latest
+chmod -R u+rw $tmp_dir
 cp $tmp_dir/bin/fresh $project_dir/bin/fresh
 rm -rf $tmp_dir
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/install_golint.sh b/scripts/build/install_golint.sh
index 302eefda..76be0d23 100755
--- a/scripts/build/install_golint.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/install_golint.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mkdir -p bin
 tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t ci-XXXXXXXXXX)
 cd $tmp_dir
 GOPATH=$tmp_dir go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
+chmod -R u+rw $tmp_dir
 cp $tmp_dir/bin/golint $project_dir/bin/golint
 rm -rf $tmp_dir
 
diff --git a/services/appmaker/helper.go b/services/appmaker/helper.go
index 7c925e77..bbeaa9c1 100644
--- a/services/appmaker/helper.go
+++ b/services/appmaker/helper.go
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ func containerCleanup(appName string) error {
 
 // diskCleanup cleans the specified application's container and local storage
 func diskCleanup(appName string) {
+	err := containerCleanup(appName)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.LogError("AppMaker-Helper-5", fmt.Errorf("container cleanup failed for %s: %w", appName, err))
+		return
+	}
+	
 	appDir := filepath.Join(path, fmt.Sprintf("storage/%s", appName))
-	storeCleanupChan := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		storeCleanupChan <- storageCleanup(appDir)
-	}()
-	containerCleanup(appName)
-	<-storeCleanupChan
+	err = storageCleanup(appDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.LogError("AppMaker-Helper-6", fmt.Errorf("storage cleanup failed for %s: %w", appName, err))
+		return
+	}
 }
 
 // stateCleanup removes the application's data from MongoDB and Redis