diff --git a/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py b/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
index ca59075..3eb0a5b 100644
--- a/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
+++ b/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ python "D:\dev\websites\sandpoints-dev\custom_syadmin\git_hooks_post-receive.py"
 
 Just a mental note to read refs from the post-receive hook like this:
 
-oldrev,newrev,refname = sys.stdin.readline().strip().split(’ ‘)
+oldrev,newrev,refname = sys.stdin.readline().strip().split(' ')
 
 """
 import os
@@ -84,14 +84,20 @@ def cmd(parts, cwd=None, env=None):
     return subprocess.check_output(parts, cwd=cwd, env=env, universal_newlines=True).strip()
 
 
-def rmrf(path):
+def rmrf(path, keep_dir=False):
     """ Use safe-rm for recursive removal """
     """ @TODO: make it safer """
     def remove_readonly(func, path, excinfo):
         os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWRITE)
         func(path)
     # Try removal
-    if os.path.exists(path) and len(os.path.realpath(path)) > 1:
+    if keep_dir and os.path.exists(path) and len(os.path.realpath(path)) > 1:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+            for f in files:
+                os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
+            for d in dirs:
+                shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(root, d), onerror=remove_readonly)
+    elif os.path.exists(path) and len(os.path.realpath(path)) > 1:
         shutil.rmtree(path, onerror=remove_readonly)
     else:
         print("Either the path doesn't exist or you are trying to delete the root directory(?!):", path)
@@ -115,9 +121,13 @@ def build_site(dest, tmp, branch=None, hugo_environment='gitea'):
     else:
         cmd([GIT_PATH, 'clone', '.', tmp], cwd=GIT_REPO)
     rmrf(os.path.join(tmp, '.git'))
-    rmrf(dest)
+    rmrf(dest, keep_dir=True)
     try:
-        os.makedirs(dest, exist_ok=True)
+        if not os.path.exists(dest):
+            os.makedirs(dest)
+            print("Build destination created: ", dest)
+        else:
+            print("Build destination exists: ", dest)
     except:
         print(f"Error creating the directory: {dest}")
     lcl = f'{tmp}/last-commit-log.txt'