diff --git a/cloudformation/lib/api.js b/cloudformation/lib/api.js
index 307c89c..2a8663b 100644
--- a/cloudformation/lib/api.js
+++ b/cloudformation/lib/api.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ const Resources = {
                 Environment: [
                     { Name: 'StackName', Value: cf.stackName },
                     { Name: 'MANAGEMENT_PASSWORD', Value: cf.sub('{{resolve:secretsmanager:${AWS::StackName}/api/secret:SecretString::AWSCURRENT}}') },
+                    { Name: 'FORCE_NEW_CONFIG', Value: cf.ref('ForceNewConfig') },
                     { Name: 'AWS_DEFAULT_REGION', Value: cf.region }
                 ],
                 LogConfiguration: {
@@ -384,6 +385,12 @@ export default cf.merge({
             AllowedValues: ['true', 'false'],
             Default: 'false'
         },
+        ForceNewConfig: {
+            Description: 'Force a blank config file - permanently deleting current config',
+            Type: 'String',
+            AllowedValues: ['true', 'false'],
+            Default: 'false'
+        },
         SSLCertificateIdentifier: {
             Description: 'ACM SSL Certificate for HTTP Protocol',
             Type: 'String'
diff --git a/start b/start
index 6650b49..453f78c 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 echo "Contents:"
 ls /opt/mediamtx/
 
+if [[ ${FORCE_NEW_CONFIG} == "true" ]]; then
+    rm /opt/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml || true
+fi
+
 # Copy EFS Persisted certs to Let's Encrypt Dir
 if [ ! -f "/opt/mediamtx/mediamtx.yml" ]; then
     echo "NO CONFIG FOUND"