diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index fe87032..e44b975 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ $SCRIPTDIR/vuemode.sh $BUILDMODE
 # run the grunt script in the scripts working directory 
 # so we can be sure all javascript is properly built from the most recent source
 cd $SCRIPTDIR
+rm -rf "${SCRIPTDIR}/amd/build/" # clear all  files in the amd build dir so we don't have leftover files messing things up
 grunt amd
 grunt scssplugin # plugin specific scss task to compile styles.css from scss files