diff --git a/docs/config_flags.md b/docs/config_flags.md
index 6f52a13..67278bb 100644
--- a/docs/config_flags.md
+++ b/docs/config_flags.md
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ The following flags are a list of all the currently supported options that can b
  - **RUN_SCRIPTS** : Set to 1 to execute scripts
  - **PGID** : Set to GroupId you want to use for nginx (helps permissions when using local volume)
  - **PUID** : Set to UserID you want to use for nginx (helps permissions when using local volume)
-
+ - **REMOVE_FILES** : Use REMOVE_FILES=0 to prevent the script from clearing out /var/www/html (useful for working with local files)
diff --git a/docs/versioning.md b/docs/versioning.md
index a510179..ec7d107 100644
--- a/docs/versioning.md
+++ b/docs/versioning.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The latest tag will always follow the master branch in git. the other versions w
 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.3 |1.11.10 | 7.1.2 | 3.4 |  0.2.6 |
 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.4 |1.11.10 | 7.1.2 | 3.4 |  0.2.6 |
 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.5 |1.11.10 | 7.1.2 | 3.4 |  0.2.7 |
+| 1.1.6 | 1.1.6 |1.11.10 | 7.1.2 | 3.4 |  0.2.8 |
 
 These tags will be created as releases on GitHub and as tags in docker hub.
 
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index e45713e..30095d1 100644
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ fi
 if [ ! -d "/var/www/html/.git" ]; then
  # Pull down code from git for our site!
  if [ ! -z "$GIT_REPO" ]; then
-   # Remove the test index file
-   rm -Rf /var/www/html/*
+   # Remove the test index file if you are pulling in a git repo
+   if [ ! -z ${REMOVE_FILES} ] && [ ${REMOVE_FILES} == 0 ]; then
+     echo "skiping removal of files"
+   else
+     rm -Rf /var/www/html/*
+   fi
    GIT_COMMAND='git clone '
    if [ ! -z "$GIT_BRANCH" ]; then
      GIT_COMMAND=${GIT_COMMAND}" -b ${GIT_BRANCH}"