diff --git a/meta/classes/image-tools-extension.bbclass b/meta/classes/image-tools-extension.bbclass
index 48a93c8..9c46b65 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image-tools-extension.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image-tools-extension.bbclass
@@ -60,18 +60,20 @@ python do_start_imager_session() {
     sbuild_chroot = d.getVar("SBUILD_CHROOT", True)
     session_id = d.getVar("IMAGER_SCHROOT_SESSION_ID", True)
     try:
-        if subprocess.run("schroot -l --all-sessions | grep %s" % session_id, shell=True).returncode:
-            subprocess.run("schroot -b -c %s -n %s" % (sbuild_chroot, session_id), shell=True, check=True)
-            bb.debug(2, "Open schroot session %s" % session_id)
-        else:
-            subprocess.run("schroot --recover-session -c %s" % session_id, shell=True, check=True)
-            bb.debug(2, "Reuse schroot session %s" % session_id)
-        d.setVar("SCHROOT_OPEN_SESSION_ID", session_id)
+        bb.debug(2, "Opening schroot session %s" % sbuild_chroot)
+        id = subprocess.run("schroot -d / -b -c %s -n %s -- printenv -0 SCHROOT_ALIAS_NAME"
+            % (sbuild_chroot, session_id), shell=True, check=True)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
-        subprocess.run("schroot -e -c %s" % session_id, shell=True)
-        bb.build.exec_func("remove_mounts", d)
-        bb.build.exec_func("schroot_delete_configs", d)
-        bb.fatal("Could not create schroot session: %s" % err.output.decode('utf-8') if err.output else "")
+        try:
+            bb.debug(2, "Reusing schroot session %s" % sbuild_chroot)
+            id = subprocess.run("schroot -d / -r -c %s -- printenv -0 SCHROOT_ALIAS_NAME"
+                % session_id, shell=True, check=True)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+            bb.debug(2, "Closing schroot session %s (%s)" % (sbuild_chroot, session_id))
+#           bb.build.exec_func("stop_imager_session", d)
+            bb.build.exec_func("stop_schroot_session", d)
+    if 'id' in locals():
+        d.setVar("SBUILD_CHROOT", id)
 }
 addtask start_imager_session before do_stop_imager_session after do_rootfs_finalize
 
@@ -79,20 +81,7 @@ do_stop_imager_session[depends] = "${SCHROOT_DEP}"
 do_stop_imager_session[nostamp] = "1"
 do_stop_imager_session[network] = "${TASK_USE_SUDO}"
 python do_stop_imager_session() {
-    import subprocess
-    session_id = d.getVar("IMAGER_SCHROOT_SESSION_ID", True)
-    try:
-        id = subprocess.run("schroot -d / -r -c %s -- printenv -0 SCHROOT_ALIAS_NAME" % session_id,
-                            shell=True, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
-        bb.debug(2, "Close schroot session %s (%s)" % (session_id, id))
-        subprocess.run("schroot -e -c %s" % session_id, shell=True, check=True)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
-        bb.error("Could not close schroot session %s: %s" % (session_id, err.output.decode('utf-8')) if err.output else "")
-    finally:
-        if 'id' in locals():
-            d.setVar("SBUILD_CHROOT", id)
-            bb.build.exec_func("remove_mounts", d)
-            bb.build.exec_func("schroot_delete_configs", d)
+    bb.build.exec_func("stop_schroot_session", d)
 }
 addtask stop_imager_session before do_deploy after do_image
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/isar-events.bbclass b/meta/classes/isar-events.bbclass
index 5343d4b..7f68ffa 100644
--- a/meta/classes/isar-events.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/isar-events.bbclass
@@ -42,6 +42,25 @@ task_failed[eventmask] = "bb.build.TaskFailed"
 
 addhandler build_completed
 
+python stop_schroot_session() {
+    session_id = d.getVar("IMAGER_SCHROOT_SESSION_ID", True)
+    import subprocess
+    try:
+        id = subprocess.run("schroot -d / -r -c %s -- printenv -0 SCHROOT_ALIAS_NAME" % session_id,
+                            shell=True, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
+        bb.debug(2, "Close schroot session %s (%s)" % (session_id, id))
+        subprocess.run("schroot -e -c %s" % session_id, shell=True, check=True)
+        d.setVar("SBUILD_CHROOT", id)
+        bb.build.exec_func("remove_mounts", d)
+        bb.build.exec_func("schroot_delete_configs", d)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+        bb.error(2, "Could not close schroot session %s: %s"
+            % (session_id, err.output.decode('utf-8')) if err.output else "")
+        udir = d.getVar("SCHROOT_OVERLAY_DIR", True)
+        subprocess.run("sudo rm -rf --one-file-system %s/%s /var/lib/schroot/session/%s"
+            % (udir, session_id, session_id), shell=True)
+}
+
 python build_completed() {
     import subprocess
 
@@ -56,16 +75,8 @@ python build_completed() {
                               shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
     for line in sessions.splitlines():
         session_id = line.split(':', 1)[1]
-        bb.debug(1, 'Closing imager session %s' % session_id)
-        id = subprocess.run("schroot -d / -r -c %s -- printenv -0 SCHROOT_ALIAS_NAME" % session_id,
-                            shell=True, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')
-        if id:
-            subprocess.run('schroot --recover-session -c %s' % session_id, shell=True, check=True)
-            subprocess.run('schroot -e -c %s' % session_id, shell=True, check=True)
-        if 'id' in locals():
-            d.setVar('SBUILD_CHROOT', id)
-            bb.build.exec_func('remove_mounts', d)
-            bb.build.exec_func('schroot_delete_configs', d)
+        bb.debug(2, 'Closing imager session %s' % session_id)
+        bb.build.exec_func("stop_schroot_session", d)
 
     with open('/proc/mounts') as f:
         for line in f.readlines():
diff --git a/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass b/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass
index 06c01d6..25c3e08 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SBUILD_CHROOT ?= "${DEBDISTRONAME}-${SCHROOT_USER}-${ISAR_BUILD_UUID}-${@os.getp
 
 SBUILD_CONF_DIR ?= "${SCHROOT_CONF}/${SBUILD_CHROOT}"
 SCHROOT_CONF_FILE ?= "${SCHROOT_CONF}/chroot.d/${SBUILD_CHROOT}"
+SCHROOT_OVERLAY_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/schroot-overlay"
 
 SBUILD_CONFIG="${WORKDIR}/sbuild.conf"
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ root-groups=root,sbuild
 source-root-users=${SCHROOT_USER}
 source-root-groups=root,sbuild
 union-type=overlay
-union-overlay-directory=${TMPDIR}/schroot-overlay
+union-overlay-directory=${SCHROOT_OVERLAY_DIR}
 preserve-environment=true
 EOF
 
