diff --git a/pilot/helpers/Project.py b/pilot/helpers/Project.py
index 9aa92a1..90d3099 100644
--- a/pilot/helpers/Project.py
+++ b/pilot/helpers/Project.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 from termcolor import colored
-from const.common import IGNORE_FOLDERS
+from const.common import IGNORE_FOLDERS, STEPS
 from database.models.app import App
 from database.database import get_app, delete_unconnected_steps_from, delete_all_app_development_data
 from utils.questionary import styled_text
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ class Project:
         # self.development_plan = self.tech_lead.create_development_plan()
 
         # TODO move to constructor eventually
+        if self.args['step'] is not None and STEPS.index(self.args['step']) < STEPS.index('coding'):
+            clear_directory(self.root_path)
+            delete_all_app_development_data(self.args['app_id'])
+            self.skip_steps = False
+
         if 'skip_until_dev_step' in self.args:
             self.skip_until_dev_step = self.args['skip_until_dev_step']
             if self.args['skip_until_dev_step'] == '0':
diff --git a/pilot/utils/utils.py b/pilot/utils/utils.py
index 771dafb..1a378cd 100644
--- a/pilot/utils/utils.py
+++ b/pilot/utils/utils.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ def hash_data(data):
     serialized_data = json.dumps(replace_functions(data), sort_keys=True).encode('utf-8')
     return hashlib.sha256(serialized_data).hexdigest()
 
+
 def replace_functions(obj):
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
         return {k: replace_functions(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
@@ -145,12 +146,14 @@ def replace_functions(obj):
     else:
         return obj
 
+
 def fix_json(s):
     s = s.replace('True', 'true')
     s = s.replace('False', 'false')
     # s = s.replace('`', '"')
     return fix_json_newlines(s)
 
+
 def fix_json_newlines(s):
     pattern = r'("(?:\\\\n|\\.|[^"\\])*")'
 
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ def fix_json_newlines(s):
 
     return re.sub(pattern, replace_newlines, s)
 
+
 def clean_filename(filename):
     # Remove invalid characters
     cleaned_filename = re.sub(r'[<>:"/\\|?*]', '', filename)