diff --git a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
index 71dc1a73a..9a2554446 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -4589,6 +4589,7 @@ class MediaPages(BasePage):
                                     os.write(filed, initial_image_data)
                                     os.close(filed)
                                     self.report.archive.add(dest, initial_image_path)
+                                    os.unlink(dest)
                                 else:
                                     filed = open(os.path.join(self.html_dir, initial_image_path), 'w')
                                     filed.write(initial_image_data)