diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish
similarity index 87%
rename from publish.sh
rename to publish
index 6afcde2..2e184a3 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # commit and push...
 git add .;git commit -m"$@";git push -u origin master
 
-rm -R public                                   # destroy the old build first 
+sudo rm -R public                              # destroy the old build first 
 hugo                                           # build the new site
 sudo chown -R gmgauthier:www-data ./public/*   # set the ownership before transfer