diff --git a/build-sync.sh b/build-sync.sh
index 355769a17b7277d1a104db9b3bda56e53a7f540b..a7ab5b6ec95f05041a0a5dc9cb702ad95450ed0b 100755
--- a/build-sync.sh
+++ b/build-sync.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # sync Web Adjuster and Annotator Generator to SVN
 # also TermLayout
+rm *~
 wget -N http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ssb22/adjuster/adjuster.py
 wget -N http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ssb22/adjuster/annogen.py
 wget -N http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ssb22/adjuster/termlayout.py