diff --git a/markdown/CHANGELOG.md b/markdown/CHANGELOG.md
index d8be2487..03aa2d4a 100644
--- a/markdown/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/markdown/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ The tracking for changes started in v2.
 
 ## v3.2.1
 
+* [#77](https://github.com/fmalmeida/MpGAP/issues/77)
+  * Add cleanup to avoid `overwrite existing files` error in BUSCO when resuming a run.
 * [#79](https://github.com/fmalmeida/MpGAP/issues/79)
   * Add if-else in MultiQC module so that if Quast report has different set of columns.
 
diff --git a/modules/local/QualityAssessment/quast.nf b/modules/local/QualityAssessment/quast.nf
index 4e920042..c17f581e 100644
--- a/modules/local/QualityAssessment/quast.nf
+++ b/modules/local/QualityAssessment/quast.nf
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ process quast {
   // any case
   """
   # run quast
+  rm -rf ${assembler}/
   quast.py \\
       -o ${assembler} \\
       -t $task.cpus \\
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ process quast {
   # run busco
   cp -r /opt/busco_db .
   busco \\
+    -f \\
     --tar \\
     --download_path ./ \\
     -i ${contigs} \\