diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97b7f80..3fd8027 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ help:
 	@echo "  publish       Restart Docker Compose (or run 'npx quartz build --serve' with local=True)."
 	@echo "  preview       Run 'npx quartz build --serve' with specific directories."
 
-compress-images:
-	@./scripts/compress_images.sh
-
 # Target-specific variables for the publish target
 publish:
-	@./scripts/publish.sh "$(SOURCE_DIR)" "$(DEST_DIR)"
+	@if [ "$(clean)" = "True" ]; then \
+		./scripts/publish.sh "$(SOURCE_DIR)" "$(DEST_DIR)" True; \
+	else \
+		./scripts/publish.sh "$(SOURCE_DIR)" "$(DEST_DIR)"; \
+	fi
 	@if [ "$(local)" = "True" ]; then \
 		echo "Running npx quartz build --serve"; \
 		npx quartz build --serve; \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63d4721..475bbff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ make publish
 ```
 
 ## How this works
-
 - From local obsidian, sync to remote obsidian
 - In local I read from local vault and copy to content all that have tag publish=True
-- In remote I read from remove vault and copy to content all that have tag publish=True
+- In remote I read from remote vault and copy to content all that have tag publish=True
 
 ## Improvements
 - scripts/publish.sh:
-  - [ ] Skip copying files that already exist
-  - [ ] Resize image to 60% for faster load
+  - [x] Skip copying files that already exist
+  - [x] Resize image to 60% for faster load
+  - [x] Keep source and destination dirs in sync
 - [x] add restart/publish to make
 ---
 
diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index 5166b9e..5df80f5 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Check if both SOURCE_DIR and DEST_DIR are provided as arguments
-if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 <SOURCE_DIR> <DEST_DIR>"
+if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <SOURCE_DIR> <DEST_DIR> [clean=True/False]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 # Capture SOURCE_DIR and DEST_DIR from arguments
 SOURCE_DIR="$1"
 DEST_DIR="$2"
+CLEAN_FLAG="${3:-False}"  # Default value is False if not provided
 IMAGE_DIR="$DEST_DIR/images"
 
 # Ensure destination directories exist
 mkdir -p "$DEST_DIR"
+
+# Function to clean DEST_DIR
+clean_destination() {
+    echo "Cleaning $DEST_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$DEST_DIR"/*
+}
+
+# Check if CLEAN_FLAG is set to True
+if [ "$CLEAN_FLAG" == "True" ]; then
+    clean_destination
+fi
+
 mkdir -p "$IMAGE_DIR"
 
 # Temporary log for copied files
@@ -69,19 +82,6 @@ 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 "$DEST_DIR" -type f -exec sh -c '
-  relative_path=${1#$DEST_DIR/}
-  source_file="$SOURCE_DIR/$relative_path"
-  
-  if [ ! -e "$source_file" ]; then
-    echo "Delete $1"
-    rm "$1"
-  else
-    echo "Skipping $1 as it exists in SOURCE_DIR"
-  fi
-' _ {} \;
-
 # Print the log file
 cat "$LOG_FILE"