diff --git a/waspc/packages/studio/package.json b/waspc/packages/studio/package.json
index 15a951b406..6c8a14d9ba 100644
--- a/waspc/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/waspc/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "start": "tsc --noEmit && ts-node -r dotenv/config ./src/index.ts",
     "dev": "nodemon ./src/index.ts",
     "build:client": "npm --prefix ./client install && npm --prefix ./client run copy",
-    "build": "npm run build:client && rm -r dist && tsc && cp -r ./public ./dist/public"
+    "build": "npm run build:client && rm -rf dist && tsc && cp -r ./public ./dist/public"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",