diff --git a/roles/minecraft/templates/recover.sh b/roles/minecraft/templates/recover.sh
index cc3c0ef..07134b5 100644
--- a/roles/minecraft/templates/recover.sh
+++ b/roles/minecraft/templates/recover.sh
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ if [ -f "world/level.dat" ]; then
 else
 	echo "Failed to recover from backup: $backup"
 fi
+# Remove the var dir, if it exists, because that's what it ends up being named
+if [ -d "var" ]; then
+	# Never use relative paths with rm in a script
+	# That's heresy
+	rm -rf "/var/minecraft/{{{ mcname }}/var"
+fi