diff --git a/examples/clj-kondo.clj b/examples/clj-kondo.clj
index 25577a0..861ff5a 100755
--- a/examples/clj-kondo.clj
+++ b/examples/clj-kondo.clj
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@
 
 (-> (clj-kondo/run! {:lint ["src"]})
     :summary)
-
diff --git a/script/hsqldb.clj b/script/hsqldb.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 5de23fb..0000000
--- a/script/hsqldb.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-(require '[babashka.pods :as pods])
-
-(pods/load-pod 'org.babashka/hsqldb "0.0.1" #_{:force true})
-
-(require '[pod.babashka.hsqldb :as db])
-
-(def db "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.syntax_mys=true")
-
-(db/execute! db ["create table foo ( foo int );"])
-
-(db/execute! db ["insert into foo values (1, 2, 3);"])
-
-(db/execute! db ["select * from foo;"])
diff --git a/script/lanterna.clj b/script/lanterna.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index 10543ec..0000000
--- a/script/lanterna.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-(require '[babashka.pods :refer [load-pod]])
-
-(load-pod 'org.babashka/lanterna "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT" {#_#_:force true #_#_:transport :socket})
-
-(require '[pod.babashka.lanterna.terminal :as terminal])
-
-(def terminal (terminal/get-terminal))
-
-(terminal/start terminal)
-
-(terminal/put-string terminal
-                     (str "Hello TUI Babashka!")
-                     10 5)
-(terminal/put-string terminal
-                     (str "The size of this terminal: "
-                          (terminal/get-size terminal))
-                     10 6)
-(terminal/put-string terminal
-                     "Press q to exit."
-                     10 7)
-
-(terminal/flush terminal)
-
-(def k (terminal/get-key-blocking terminal))
-
-(terminal/put-string terminal
-                     (str "You pressed: " k)
-                     10 8)
-
-(Thread/sleep 1000)
-
-(terminal/stop terminal)
-
-(shutdown-agents)
diff --git a/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj b/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj
index 34e23a5..7e6b5b9 100644
--- a/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@
    qsym version))
 
 (defn pod-manifest
-  [qsym version]
+  [qsym version force?]
   (let [f (io/file @pod-manifests-dir (str qsym) (str version ".edn"))]
-    (if (.exists f)
+    (if (and (not force?)
+             (.exists f))
       (edn/read-string (slurp f))
       (do (download (github-url qsym version) f false)
           (edn/read-string (slurp f))))))
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@
 
 (defn resolve [qsym version force?]
   (assert (string? version) "Version must be provided!")
-  (when-let [manifest (pod-manifest qsym version)]
+  (when-let [manifest (pod-manifest qsym version force?)]
     (let [artifacts (match-artifacts manifest)
           cdir (cache-dir manifest)
           ddir (data-dir manifest)