diff --git a/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py b/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
index 5521d51..17c0977 100644
--- a/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
+++ b/custom_syadmin/git_hooks_post-receive.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ python "D:\dev\websites\sandpoints-dev\custom_syadmin\git_hooks_post-receive.py"
 --git_repo "D:\dev\websites\pirate-care-syllabus\gitea\gitea-repositories\gitea\pirate-care-syllabus.git" \
 --website "D:\dev\websites\testing-ground\sandpoints" \
 --website_preview "D:\dev\websites\testing-ground\sandpoints\_preview" \
---hugo_preview_url http://localhost:8000/_preview/ \
 --library "D:\dev\websites\pirate-care-syllabus\_library" \
 --tmp_dir "D:\tmp\tmp"
 --oldrev $oldrev \
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ 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 +83,20 @@ 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)
@@ -109,12 +114,19 @@ def build_site(dest, tmp, branch=None, hugo_environment='gitea'):
     global GIT_PATH, GIT_REPO, HUGO_PATH
     if branch:
         print("Cloning branch: ", branch)
-        cmd([GIT_PATH, 'clone', '--single-branch', '--branch', branch, '.', tmp], cwd=GIT_REPO)
+        cmd([GIT_PATH, 'clone', '--branch', branch, '.', tmp], cwd=GIT_REPO)
+        #print(' '.join([GIT_PATH, 'archive', '--format', 'tar', branch, '|', 'tar', '-x', '-C', tmp]))
+        #subprocess.call(' '.join([GIT_PATH, 'archive', '--format', 'tar', branch, '|', 'tar', '-x', '-C', tmp]), shell=True, cwd=GIT_REPO)
     else:
         cmd([GIT_PATH, 'clone', '.', tmp], cwd=GIT_REPO)
-    rmrf(dest)
+    rmrf(os.path.join(tmp, '.git'))
+    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'
@@ -130,7 +142,6 @@ def build_site(dest, tmp, branch=None, hugo_environment='gitea'):
     now_time = datetime.now().strftime(date_format)
     clobber(lcl, f"\n{start_time}\n{now_time}", append=True)
     shutil.move(lcl, dest)
-    rmrf(tmp)
 
 
 # Parsing command line arguments
@@ -171,5 +182,9 @@ if not published:
     print("The site wasn't build because there was no publish trigger, nor was it forced.")
 # create preview version
 build_site(WEBSITE_PREVIEW, TMP_WEBSITE_PREVIEW, branch=PREVIEW_BRANCH, hugo_environment='preview')
-        
+
+# Clean up temp directories
+rmrf(TMP_WEBSITE)
+rmrf(TMP_WEBSITE_PREVIEW)
+
 # @TODO: link the library
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