diff --git a/actions/snapshot b/actions/snapshot
index c8e0e21b9..141f47cfa 100755
--- a/actions/snapshot
+++ b/actions/snapshot
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def _set_default_config():
     command = [
         'snapper',
         'set-config',
+        'TIMELINE_CLEANUP=yes',
         'TIMELINE_CREATE=yes',
         'TIMELINE_MIN_AGE=0',
         'TIMELINE_LIMIT_HOURLY=0-10',
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ def _set_default_config():
         'TIMELINE_LIMIT_WEEKLY=0-2',
         'TIMELINE_LIMIT_MONTHLY=0-2',
         'TIMELINE_LIMIT_YEARLY=0-0',
+        'NUMBER_CLEANUP=yes',
         'NUMBER_MIN_AGE=0',
         'NUMBER_LIMIT=0-100',
         'NUMBER_LIMIT_IMPORTANT=0-20',