diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 587f395..b1f67b1 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,17 @@ void MaybeRecompile(std::string source_file)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    if (argc>1) std::filesystem::current_path(argv[1]);
+    if (argc>1) {
+        for (int i=1; i<argc; ++i) {
+            if (argv[i][0] == '-') {
+                if (strcmp(argv[i], "--clean")==0) {
+                    system("rm -rf build");
+                }
+            } else {
+                std::filesystem::current_path(argv[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
     
     loadLagueirtoFile();
 
@@ -287,7 +297,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         std::string command = "g++ " + build_path + "/*.o " + libs + " -o " + executable;
         std::cout << command << std::endl;
-        system(command.c_str());
+        if (system(command.c_str()) != 0) {
+            std::cout << "ABORTED!" << std::endl;
+            exit(1);
+        }
         std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point end_all = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         float t = float(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end_all - begin_all).count())/1000000;
         std::cout << "(" << t << " seconds)" << std::endl;