diff --git a/archivebox/personas/models.py b/archivebox/personas/models.py
index da4d6556..a8da9fe9 100644
--- a/archivebox/personas/models.py
+++ b/archivebox/personas/models.py
@@ -253,11 +253,12 @@ class Persona(ModelWithConfig):
         runtime_downloads_dir = self.runtime_downloads_dir_for_crawl(crawl)
 
         with self.lock_runtime_for_crawl():
-            if not runtime_profile_dir.exists():
-                if template_dir.exists() and any(template_dir.iterdir()):
-                    self.copy_chrome_profile(template_dir, runtime_profile_dir)
-                else:
-                    runtime_profile_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            if runtime_root.exists():
+                shutil.rmtree(runtime_root, ignore_errors=True)
+            if template_dir.exists() and any(template_dir.iterdir()):
+                self.copy_chrome_profile(template_dir, runtime_profile_dir)
+            else:
+                runtime_profile_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
             runtime_downloads_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             self.cleanup_chrome_profile(runtime_profile_dir)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31447254..d93ad78b 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "archivebox"
-version = "0.9.30rc82"
+version = "0.9.30rc83"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 description = "Self-hosted internet archiving solution."
 authors = [{name = "Nick Sweeting", email = "pyproject.toml@archivebox.io"}]
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ dependencies = [
     ### Binary/Package Management
     "abxbus>=2.5.4",          # EventBus API
     "abxpkg>=1.10.7",         # for: detecting, versioning, and installing binaries via apt/brew/pip/npm
-    "abx-plugins>=1.10.59",   # shared ArchiveBox plugin package with Chrome/Puppeteer dependency wiring
-    "abx-dl>=1.10.59",        # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
+    "abx-plugins>=1.10.60",   # shared ArchiveBox plugin package with Chrome/Puppeteer dependency wiring
+    "abx-dl>=1.10.60",        # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
     ### UUID7 backport for Python <3.14
     "uuid7>=0.1.0; python_version < '3.14'",  # provides the uuid_extensions module on Python 3.13
 ]