diff --git a/publish.py b/publish.py
index 0d53e44..805ea18 100644
--- a/publish.py
+++ b/publish.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ with open(settingsfile, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
 htmlhome = "<h1>{}</h1><p>{}</p>".format(index['title'], index['description'])
 gmihome = "# {}\n{}".format(index['title'], index['description'])
 
+shutil.rmtree('out')
 os.makedirs("out/html", exist_ok=True)
 os.makedirs("out/gmi", exist_ok=True)