diff --git a/build/debian/DEBIAN/postinst b/build/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
index dd6394b5..51cfe75b 100644
--- a/build/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/build/debian/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
+FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/"
+
 declare -r init_type='auto'
 declare -ri no_rebuild='0'
 
@@ -81,5 +83,6 @@ add_user 'audiobookshelf' '' 'audiobookshelf' 'audiobookshelf user-daemon' '/bin
 mkdir -p '/var/log/audiobookshelf'
 chown -R 'audiobookshelf:audiobookshelf' '/var/log/audiobookshelf'
 chown -R 'audiobookshelf:audiobookshelf' '/usr/share/audiobookshelf'
+chown -R 'audiobookshelf:audiobookshelf' "$FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR"
 
 start_service 'audiobookshelf'
diff --git a/build/debian/DEBIAN/postrm b/build/debian/DEBIAN/postrm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ee16af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/debian/DEBIAN/postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/"
+ABS_BINARY_PATH="/usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobookshelf"
+
+remove_ffmpeg() {
+  echo "Forcefully removing audiobookshelf-ffmpeg: $FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR"
+  rm -rf "$FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR"
+}
+
+remove_binary() {
+  echo "Removing audiobookshelf binary: $ABS_BINARY_PATH"
+  rm "$ABS_BINARY_PATH"
+}
+
+echo ">> Cleaning up"
+remove_ffmpeg()
+remove_binary()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst b/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst
index 8edeccba..81203bec 100644
--- a/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst
+++ b/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
+FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR="/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/"
 DEFAULT_AUDIOBOOK_PATH="/usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobooks"
 DEFAULT_DATA_PATH="/usr/share/audiobookshelf"
 DEFAULT_PORT=7331
@@ -12,20 +13,17 @@ install_ffmpeg() {
   echo "Starting FFMPEG Install"
 
   WGET="wget https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-amd64-static.tar.xz"
-  TARGET_DIR="/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/"
 
-  if ! cd "$TARGET_DIR"; then
-    echo "WARNING: can't access working directory ($TARGET_DIR) creating it" >&2
-    mkdir "$TARGET_DIR"
-    cd "$TARGET_DIR"
+  if ! cd "$FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR"; then
+    echo "WARNING: can't access working directory ($FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR) creating it" >&2
+    mkdir "$FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR"
+    cd "$FFMPEG_INSTALL_DIR"
   fi
 
   $WGET
   tar xvf ffmpeg-git-amd64-static.tar.xz --strip-components=1
   rm ffmpeg-git-amd64-static.tar.xz
 
-  chown -R 'audiobookshelf:audiobookshelf' "$TARGET_DIR"
-
   echo "Good to go on Ffmpeg... hopefully"
 }