diff --git a/reset.sh b/reset.sh
index 8e0fddb..9dcc984 100755
--- a/reset.sh
+++ b/reset.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ for _file in ./config/$_target/* ; do
 	. "$_file"
 done
 
-if [ "$_target" = remote ] && [ -n "$cloudways_user" ] ; then
-	echo "Using Cloudways - nothing to install"
-	exit
-fi
-
 # source script files
 if [ -n "$_target_os" ] ; then
 	_script_dir="./scripts/$_target_os"
@@ -42,6 +37,6 @@ if [ -n "$wp_user" ] ; then
 	echo "IMPORTANT - we need a confirmation prompt here"
 	echo "You are about to reinstall the $_target WordPress installation"
 	echo "Reinstall WordPress (y/N): "
-	. "$_script_dir/reset-wordpress.sh"
+	. "./scripts/reset-wordpress.sh"
 	. "$_script_dir/install-wordpress.sh"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/debian10/reset-wordpress.sh b/scripts/debian10/reset-wordpress.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/scripts/reset-wordpress.sh b/scripts/reset-wordpress.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..547975f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/reset-wordpress.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+echo "Removing WordPress .."
+
+_mysql_cmd="mysql -uroot -p$db_root_pass -e "
+
+ssh -T $ssh << EOSSH
+	# remove database
+	if command -v mysql ; then
+		$_mysql_cmd "DROP DATABASE $wp_db_name;"
+	else
+		echo "ERROR: no installed database found - aborting WordPress removal"
+		exit 40
+	fi
+	# remove files
+	rm -Rf $wp_path
+EOSSH