diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index 1921471..db50f9a 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -69,8 +69,21 @@ find -L "$SOURCE_DIR" -type f -name "*.md" -exec grep -q "publish: true" {} \; -
     fi
 done
 
-# Delete files in DEST_DIR that don't exist in SOURCE_DIR anymore
-find "$DEST_DIR" -type f -exec sh -c '[ ! -e "$SOURCE_DIR/${1#$DEST_DIR/}" ] && rm "$1"' _ {} \;
+# Log the script execution
+echo "Executing cleanup script at $(date)"
+
+# Find files in DEST_DIR that don't exist in SOURCE_DIR and delete them
+find "$DEST_DIR" -type f -exec sh -c '
+  relative_path=${1#$DEST_DIR/}
+  source_file="$SOURCE_DIR/$relative_path"
+  
+  if [ ! -e "$source_file" ]; then
+    echo "Deleting $1 as it doesn't exist in SOURCE_DIR"
+    rm "$1"
+  else
+    echo "Skipping $1 as it exists in SOURCE_DIR"
+  fi
+' _ {} \;
 
 # Print the log file
 cat "$LOG_FILE"