diff --git a/bin/periphery/src/api/mod.rs b/bin/periphery/src/api/mod.rs
index 7c8e89bff..b523c2dd7 100644
--- a/bin/periphery/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/periphery/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -156,15 +156,7 @@ impl Resolve<PruneAll> for State {
     &self,
     PruneAll {}: PruneAll,
     _: (),
-  ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Log>> {
-    tokio::spawn(async move {
-      let mut logs = Vec::new();
-      logs.push(docker::prune_images().await);
-      logs.push(docker::container::prune_containers().await);
-      logs.push(docker::network::prune_networks().await);
-      logs
-    })
-    .await
-    .context("failure in spawned task")
+  ) -> anyhow::Result<Log> {
+    Ok(docker::prune_system().await)
   }
 }
diff --git a/bin/periphery/src/helpers/docker/mod.rs b/bin/periphery/src/helpers/docker/mod.rs
index bb6931c5c..903fa4b47 100644
--- a/bin/periphery/src/helpers/docker/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/periphery/src/helpers/docker/mod.rs
@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ pub fn parse_extra_args(extra_args: &[String]) -> String {
     args
   }
 }
+
+pub async fn prune_system() -> Log {
+  let command = String::from("docker system prune -a -f");
+  run_monitor_command("prune system", command).await
+}
diff --git a/client/periphery/rs/src/api/mod.rs b/client/periphery/rs/src/api/mod.rs
index fd92fcf04..ffb3604bd 100644
--- a/client/periphery/rs/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/client/periphery/rs/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct GetSecrets {}
 //
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Request)]
-#[response(Vec<Log>)]
+#[response(Log)]
 pub struct PruneAll {}
 
 //