diff --git a/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/rebalance.go b/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/rebalance.go
index c704d57..296c03a 100644
--- a/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/rebalance.go
+++ b/cmd/topicctl/subcmd/rebalance.go
@@ -158,16 +158,13 @@ func rebalanceRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	existingConfigFiles := make(map[string]struct{})
+	bootstrappedFiles := make(map[string]struct{})
 	if rebalanceConfig.bootstrapMissingConfigs {
-		// make set of existing files
-		err := processTopicFiles(topicFiles, func(topicConfig config.TopicConfig, topicFile string) error {
+		// make set of existing files before bootstrapping
+		existingConfigFiles := make(map[string]struct{})
+		for _, topicFile := range topicFiles {
 			_, topicFilename := filepath.Split(topicFile)
 			existingConfigFiles[topicFilename] = struct{}{}
-			return nil
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
 		}
 
 		// bootstrap missing config files
@@ -188,6 +185,14 @@ func rebalanceRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		// make list of bootstrappedFiles	
+		for _, topicFile := range topicFiles {
+			_, topicFilename := filepath.Split(topicFile)
+			if _, found := existingConfigFiles[topicFilename]; !found {
+				bootstrappedFiles[topicFile] = struct{}{}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// iterate through each topic config and initiate rebalance
@@ -264,16 +269,10 @@ func rebalanceRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	// clean up any bootstrapped topic configs
-	if rebalanceConfig.bootstrapMissingConfigs {
-		for _, topicFile := range topicFiles {
-			_, topicFilename := filepath.Split(topicFile)
-			if _, found := existingConfigFiles[topicFilename]; found {
-				continue
-			}
-			err := os.Remove(topicFile)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("error deleting temporary file %s: %v", topicFile, err)
-			}
+	for topicFile := range bootstrappedFiles {
+		err := os.Remove(topicFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("error deleting temporary file %s: %v", topicFile, err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 1cc493c..69eb7fd 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Version is the current topicctl version.
-const Version = "2.0.1"
+const Version = "2.0.2"