diff --git a/utils/bin/start b/utils/bin/start
index 4b782df..88fc17e 100644
--- a/utils/bin/start
+++ b/utils/bin/start
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ require npiperelay
 # Forward SSH Agent requests from withitn WSL to OpenSSH for Windows, based on:
 # https://stuartleeks.com/posts/wsl-ssh-key-forward-to-windows/
 export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$HOME/.ssh/agent.sock
+[ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] && rm "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
 socat UNIX-LISTEN:$SSH_AUTH_SOCK,fork EXEC:"npiperelay -ei -s //./pipe/openssh-ssh-agent",nofork &
 exec tmux new-session -A -t main "$@"