diff --git a/scripts/sync_from_prod.sh b/scripts/sync_from_prod.sh
index f0ce63d..37f1d04 100755
--- a/scripts/sync_from_prod.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync_from_prod.sh
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ echo "Testing local database connection..."
 pg_isready -h sba_postgres -U ${SBA_DB_USER} -d ${SBA_DATABASE} || error_exit "Local database is not ready"
 
 # Create dump from production server first (safer than direct pipe)
+# Using --clean to drop existing objects before recreating them
 echo "Creating dump from production server..."
 ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no akamai \
-    "cd container-data/sba-database && source .env && docker exec -e PGPASSWORD=\$SBA_DB_USER_PASSWORD sba_postgres pg_dump -U \$SBA_DB_USER -d \$SBA_DATABASE" \
+    "cd container-data/sba-database && source .env && docker exec -e PGPASSWORD=\$SBA_DB_USER_PASSWORD sba_postgres pg_dump --clean -U \$SBA_DB_USER -d \$SBA_DATABASE" \
     > /tmp/prod_dump.sql || error_exit "Failed to create production database dump"
 
 # Verify dump file is not empty