diff --git a/core/api.ts b/core/api.ts
index 802c2aa..5b69b2c 100644
--- a/core/api.ts
+++ b/core/api.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import type {
 import { ContentType } from "../domain.ts";
 import { exists, expandGlob, path } from "../deps.ts";
 import {
+  cleanDirectory,
   createOutputFileWriter,
   createStaticFileWriter,
   readContentFile,
@@ -67,7 +68,9 @@ const createPagesGetter = (
     for (const glob of globArray) {
       const contentGlob = path.join(options.contentDir, glob);
       log?.debug(`Getting pages with glob "${contentGlob}"`);
-      for await (const walkEntry of expandGlob(contentGlob, { extended: true })) {
+      for await (
+        const walkEntry of expandGlob(contentGlob, { extended: true })
+      ) {
         const content = await getContent(processWalkEntry(walkEntry));
         if (content?.type === ContentType.Page) {
           log?.debug(`Found page ${content.location.inputPath}`);
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ export const build: Builder = async (options) => {
 
   if (force && await exists(publicDir)) {
     log?.warning(`Cleaning public directory ${publicDir}`);
-    await Deno.remove(publicDir, { recursive: true });
+    await cleanDirectory(publicDir);
   }
 
   const walkDirty = createDirtyFileWalker([
diff --git a/core/fs.ts b/core/fs.ts
index 6405acb..6ef7122 100644
--- a/core/fs.ts
+++ b/core/fs.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ or email eric.selin@gmail.com <mailto:eric.selin@gmail.com>
 import { path } from "../deps.ts";
 import type {
   FileReader,
-  OutputFileWriterCreator,
   Location,
+  OutputFileWriterCreator,
   StaticFileWriterCreator,
 } from "../domain.ts";
 import { ContentType } from "../domain.ts";
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const readContentFile: FileReader = () =>
   async (location) => {
     if (location.type === ContentType.Page) {
       const content = await Deno.readTextFile(location.inputPath);
-      location
+      location;
       return {
         type: ContentType.Page,
         location: location as Location<ContentType.Page>,
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ export const createStaticFileWriter: StaticFileWriterCreator = ({ log }) =>
     await Deno.copyFile(location.inputPath, location.outputPath);
     log?.info(`Copied static file to ${location.outputPath}`);
   };
+
+export const cleanDirectory = async (dirpath: DirectoryPath): Promise<void> => {
+  for await (const dirEntry of Deno.readDir(dirpath)) {
+    await Deno.remove(path.join(dirpath, dirEntry.name), { recursive: true });
+  }
+};